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…
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."
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…
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.