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A man with a walking stick heads away from the camera down a snow covered roadway lined with saplings.

A girl holding a pail helping a younger boy drink from it. There is a fence behind them and a barn with a wagon in front of its open doors in the background. A part of another building is visible on the right. A tree stands by the children and…

Two women and a girl, identified as Anna Johnson and Katherine Johnson Kay), walking down a path by a river. One woman stands in between trees on the bank while the other woman and the girl walk closer towards the camera. Trees line the path and…

View of a section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing South Amherst area, including residences and landownership, businesses, cemeteries, schools, and railroads.

View of a section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing North Amherst, including the Cushman area. Includes residences and landownership, businesses, cemeteries, schools, and railroads.

This beautifully engraved and colored map represents an English version of the Jansson-Visscher series of maps of northeastern North America. Since it was published shortly after the expulsion of the Dutch from New York, the map displays geographical…

View of a section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing Amherst's East Village including residences and landownership, businesses, cemeteries, schools, and railroads.

View of a section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing the common at South Amherst with property ownership marked.

Section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing much of Amherst including residences and landownership; businesses; cemeteries; schools; railroads. Includes inset of northern part of Amherst.

View of a section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing Amherst town center area, including residences and landownership, businesses, cemeteries, schools, and railroads.

A black boy stands smiling and holding a pile of small branches in his right hand. He is looking up at a woman holding an axe near a large branch resting against a fallen tree trunk. A part of a house is visible in the middle ground on the left and…

A boy stands on the street across the street from the Mansion House, a large, three-story brick building with stairs leading up to the second story entrance. The Mansion House was a resort of shad fisherman and canal boatmen.

Lithograph of two North American Indians carrying game suspended on a pole between them.

A steel bridge stretches above a river with trees growing on both banks.

The farmer is working the well which is surrounded by a fairly elaborate board housing. Caption on back: "The old farmhouse well."