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View of Factory Hollow Pond (now known as Puffers Pond) in the Cushman section of North Amherst.

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View of the brick hat factory on Main Street owned by George B. Burnett.

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This structure was built on the site where Noah Webster's house was located during the time he spent in Amherst writing his dictionary (1812-1822). It was built as the Hygeian Hotel. This statement was printed in the Springfield Republican edition of…

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Ice hockey game in progress on the pond at Mass Aggie. Snow is cleared to create walkways around the pond.

Written on back: "Thought maybe when you looked at this it would make you cooler - I am in Deuels talking to Susie. I am using her pencil. I…

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Scenic view of the pond at Mass Aggie surrounded by nicely landscaped trees and shrubs. A small island is visible in the middle and a group of students relax at the edge.

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Still standing on the corner of Amity and North Prospect Streets, the Prospect House is hardly recognizable. At a later date, more stories were added and it was covered with stucco. It has also been known as Drake's Hotel, The Village Inn, and The…

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Long view across open land east to the Pelham Hills from the hill on which Stearns Chapel stood.

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View of the small brick school house in South Amherst, which later became the East Street Alternative High School, part of the Amherst Regional School system.

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Brick schoolhouse in North Amherst which became the Amherst Survival Center.

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View of a line of students walking across a snow covered landscape away from the College Chapel. It looks as though they've walked across the frozen campus pond.

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Purchased by Amherst College in 1892, the Boltwood House was remodeled as a student dining hall and renamed Hitchcock Hall. It was razed in 1916 for the construction of Converse Memorial Library, now Converse Hall.

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Brick school house on Kellogg Avenue.

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Meadow being prepared for planting using oxen-drawn cultivator.

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Automobile parked outside the building which was an inn and post office for Massachusetts Agricultural College. It was later known as College Inn.

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Turn of the century view of the center of Amherst looking west toward the Amherst House from the north end of the Town Common.
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