A monk stands in front of a group of boys arranged in a half-circle in front of him in a church classroom with a desk partially visible on the left with feet of other students visible underneath. Religious paintings hang on the walls and a statue of…
A drawing of a barber parlor with a black barber wearing a vest shaving a white man sitting in the chair. A white barber stands nearby looking at a man walking through the door. A poster of a man is in front of the chair and a sign above it reads:…
A rail car on Mount Holyoke. An older white man and a boy sit on a car and a single bag is on the front. A caption on the bottom right reads: "ONE of the CARS on the RAILROAD 1887."
A view of the Summit House on top of Mount Holyoke with a wooden ramp surrounded by trees. Caption on back: "Mount Holyoke House. So it looked in the 70' when I ascended the Mountain by the Inclined Railway. Mrs Nelson Fuller (nee) Virginia Von…
A small wooden cabin on a wooden foundation stands on a mountain top. A man stands in front of the cabin looking through a spyglass. One boy is sitting on the wooden planks and another is standing nearby. The date "June 18th -1821-" is written on…
A man drawing water from a well-sweep. A large pile of firewood is on the right with a house behind it. A horse with a wagon rests in the middleground next to a solitary tree.
A black woman, identified on the back as Mrs. Whitaker, holds a plow pulled by an ox in a field. A boy stands in front of the ox, looking at the camera.
View showing Candida Musante beside the stand that became an Amherst institution. She and her husband (known as "Peanut John") ran a little shop out of Cutler's Block on South Pleasant Street. The Musantes emigrated from Italy, arriving in Amherst in…
An elderly woman sits in a rocking chair paring apples. Caption on reverse reads "Catskills Paring apples. Mrs. Grant, mother -in- law of both Curtis and Eden Burroughs, at the Homestead."