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A stone bridge with two arches extending across a river. Boulders lie across the river and bare trees grow around it and in the background.

A view up North Pleasant Street to North Amherst center. Notation on verso: "North Amherst - Middle 1800's. The Old Tavern, Post Office, Bates Inn & Congregational Church."

View of Montague Road on the right of the image, field in the foreground, North Congregational Church and multiple houses visible through trees in the background.

View of a mill, dam, and pond at Puffers Pond in North Amherst. Written on verso: "Paper mill No. Amherst. "

Close-up colorized view of the North Amherst Library, with electric (?) poles in front and two buggies in back. On verso, a listing of the open hours for the library has been printed under the words, "The North Amherst Library and The Jones Library…

Turn of the century view of the library. The building is a small, clapboard Queen Anne style structure and was designed by Roswell F. Putnam of Leverett. Montague Road and Sunderland Road are dirt.

Caption on back: "North Amherst Library, built…

East side view of the North Amherst Library from across Montague Road.

North Amherst Congregational Church visible across the road, a coniferous tree in the front and houses located on either side of the church.

Two boys sit and one stands on a wooden platform extending into a pond that was used to harvest ice in winter. One of the boys is wiggling a stick in the water to make ripples while the other two look on.

About six sheep resting in the shade of a large haystack with other haystack and sheep around. Two are grazing closer to the camera. A stone wall separates fields and a windmill is visible in the background.

Two sheep sit and one stands in the shade of two large haystacks. Other sheep graze in the middle ground with stone walls separating the fields. A mill and some buildings are visible in the background.

Lengthy article describing Noah Webster's life in Amherst including a description of his property and house, what he grew in his garden, the process he used to write his famous dictionary, what Amherst and the Town Common looked like at the time, and…

A tree in a forest with a no trespassing sign and wire fence. A caption reads: A warning posted on the borders of woodland that contains numerous oil wells.

View up Main Street toward Town Hall and the central business district at night.

Plumbley's Restaurant, illuminated at night, from across and down Main Street.