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Aerial view from Amherst College tower looking southwest
Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower showing houses along South Pleasant Street and beyond.
Aerial view from Amherst College tower looking west
Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower showing houses along South Pleasant Street and beyond.
Aerial view from Amherst College tower looking west
Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower showing the observatory and a view of South Pleasant Street and Northampton Road area. The Morse house is on the left.
Aerial view of Amherst College campus
Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower showing East College and Barrett Gymnasium.
Art class in Amherst
Painting and drawing class comprised of children and women. Written on back: "Class of Miss L. M. Nims?"
Group of young children in Amherst
View of a group of young children sitting in chairs outside a house. There are a few older children standing and a couple of women. This is possibly a kindergarten or Sunday-school class.
Women and books in Amherst
Group portrait of young women with two men and one child. Some of the women are holding books. This could be a young ladies school or a summer school.
Class of Miss Jennie Cowles
Group portrait of a class on the steps of a school. Jennie L. Cowles taught at First Intermediate School in Amherst for many years after graduating from Amherst High School in 1871; she stopped teaching in 1885. Students listed on verso of photograph…
Man standing in a ravine
View of a barely discernible man standing in a deep ravine.
Park and college in Amherst, Massachusetts
Looking south across the fenced Town Common toward Amherst College. Written on verso: "Common enclosed with fence 1860 -- see Hampshire Franklin Express 6/15/1860 p.2."
Park and college in Amherst, Massachusetts
Looking south across the fenced Town Common toward Amherst College.
Farm and fields in Amherst
View looking down a gently sloping hill to a farmhouse and showing corn and other vegetables planted in the fields.
Grand old elm on East Pleasant Street in Amherst
This photograph was taken with the tree in full foliage. Written on verso: "This elm tree stands in the yard of Elijah Ayers, East Pleasant St.; it was cut down the last of the 19th century; Ayers bought the old Whiting place in 1865 (torn down…
Old elm near John M. Hyde's farm in Amherst
View of a grand old elm with no foliage near a farm with barns on East Pleasant Street.
Interior of Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst
View looking over the pews toward the stained glass windows in the front of the church.