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A view of a harbor in Portsmouth with a ship moored in the center and another partly visible on the right. A number of industrial buildings stand along the water with one reading: "Boynton Bottling Works Wholesale Ales, Wines and Liquors."

A man and a woman stand in a cleared field, both holding pails. A road is faintly visible in the distance and some buildings dot the background.

A girl stands on the steps of a building (school?) looking at a boy who is looking at his hands holding something he is handing her. A second girl stands in the open doorway of the building looking on.

A white man sits on a log by the edge of water with a boat moored on the water in front of him and covered in a tent. A chimney sticks out of the front of the boat. Piles of lumber rest on the ground along the shore.

A white woman stands near a chicken coop holding its door open and holding a chicken in her left hand. A boy stands next to her looking at the chicken. Caption: "A prison coop for the sitting hen that the girl is carrying under her arm. The boy looks…

A copy of the Act to establish a Town Manager form of Government in Amherst. The Act was accepted in the town election of 16 February 1953 by a vote of 779 to 766. (From Report of the Board of Selectman, Amherst Annual Report, 1953)

A man loading one of two donkeys on a barren street in front of a few buildings of a village.

A fishing vessel with a sail up and a boat next to it sailing out. A man stands on the deck holding onto the sail.

A white man stands on the edge of a canal looking toward a bridge over the canal. Prune trees in blossom line both sides of the canal.

A boy stands in the Hockanum schoolhouse with his arm stretched out to the side holding a book as punishment. Two other boys, Charles Thayer and Oscar Johnson sit reading in their seats. Two windows let light in, a clock and a couple illustrations…

A small wooden bridge crosses a brook. A road crosses the bridge and veers right uphill. Trees surround the road. A rocky stream is visible on the right side of the photograph.

Sheep grazing in a field with some shacks and laundry drying on the right with a train riding past in the middleground emitting a large amount of smoke. A mountain is visible in the background.

A view of Shelburne Falls across a river, with houses and two larger buildings with spires. Hills visible in the background.

A wide cobbled street with buildings on both sides, some with signs above doors. A group of boys stands near a buildings, some leaning against it, while three men talk further up the street.

Two boys, identified as Roger and Arthur Johnson, in a shop. One is kneeling by a stump of a tree which serves as a rest for an upside down, homemade bicycle, which has wheels and no pedals, hammering it. The other boy stands holding a saw looking…