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A girl stands in profile in front of a vanity while holding a hand mirror in her left hand looking at her reflection. Another hat rests on the floor by an open window on her left. Two vases of flowers rest on the vanity.

An oval portrait of a woman wearing a flat hat and a dress, and holding a racket in her hands.

A white woman sitting on a small stool in front of a large canvas on an easel. She is painting the scene in the background showing a wooded area.

A group of peope around a bonfire at night with one woman and child sitting, one man standing with a burning branch, and another man and boy stoking the fire. Two women stand nearby looking. A wooden fence runs across the middle ground and outlines…

A young white woman lying on a couch resting her head on a large white pillow, reading a book. There is a window behind her.

A man wearing a white shirt and straw boater's hat works in a field, possibly cutting wheat with a scythe. Trees are in the background.

A portrait of a white woman wearing a hat. The pencil marks make a circular frame around her.

An oval portrait of a white woman wearing a hat and looking slightly to the left.

The cover of the book 'Adventures of David Grayson' by David Grayson and illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.

Advertisement for the firm of Jackson & Cutler which succeeded the firm of George Cutler & Co. in 1884. The store sold clothing and related articles. The women drawn in the ad have a feminine, wasp-waisted, Gibson Girl look.

Advertisement for the trucking business of Edward S. Puffer, dealer in coal, wood, ice, hay, grain, meal and feeds.

Trade card distributed by the Amherst pharmacy W. H. H. Morgan around the turn of the century. The illustration is an image of a group of young women being instructed in home economics. On the back is printed the price, the list of colors, and other…

This trade card advertises the optical business which was run by Edgar R. Bennett from sometime in the 1880s through 1903. Bennett was a watchmaker, jeweler, optician, and bicycle agent. His shop was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street.

Trade card distributed by H. B. Edwards & Co., an Amherstclothing store that operated in Merchants' Row from the 1880's to about 1915. The store specialized in ladies' fine underwear. The advertisement is for Warner Brothers Coraline Corsets,…

A white woman smoking a pipe stands on top of veranda steps looking at a man standing on the ground, holding a bucket, and looking up at her.