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A white woman on a porch washing clothes in a washtub with a wooden basin on a bench next to her. A second woman is hanging a sheet on a clothesline in the backyard. Shrubs and trees make up the middle ground while a mountain is visible in the…

A woman bent over a wooden barrel, washing. A drying rack stands nearby with some clothes on it and a skirt is hanging on the brick house behind. Two windows stand on either side of the open doorway, one with curtains, the other with jars on the…

A woman stands stirring a large washing basin on a stove with plates, a kettle, and other dishes around.

Four white women doing laundry by the edge of a stream with one putting linen on string to dry against a tall stone wall on a path lining the stream. Some town buildings are visible in the background.

A white woman stands over a basin washing dishes with a sink full of dishes in front of her.

A view of a stone castle with a tower on the left and vine-covered gate on the right. Trees grow near the walls and two women walk near the walls.

A boy standing looking at the oxcart and its rustic railings. Some trees and bushes grow behind the cart and a house is partly visible in the background.

Warrant to Ebenezer Kellogg to have him notify the inhabitants of Hadley Third Precinct (now Amherst) to meet at the house of Zachariah Field on October 8th to decide matters relating to choosing officers who will have the power to call meetings, and…

Image of people in and around the pool. Showing a child sitting on the edge by the "3ft" label, another older child lounges leaning againt the rail to the pool steps. Adult holds young child to have its feet dip in water, the other swimming lanes…

Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was the grandson of Marquis Fayette Dickinson and the only Amherst man to die in the Spanish-American War. He fell in the Battle of El Caney (Cuba) on July 1, 1898, which was a precursor to the Battle…

Local author Wally Swist poses with Tevis Kimball in the Jones Library's David Chapin Kinsey Memorial Garden.

View of a well-trodden path leading through a row of trees at Amherst College.

A white girl holds the hand of a man as they walk over a bridge made of logs towards the camera. Trees and shrubs grow on both sides of the bridge and a mountain rises in the background. Caption: "Not far away is the boundary line between the United…

A white boy walking up a street with three pigs walking in front of him. A woman stands near A brick house with a wooden fence running parallel to the road.

A little girl walking on the deck of a ship with two women on each side holding her hands. Another woman walks with them holding a child and two men are visible in the background.