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Aerial view of the east side of North Pleasant Street south to Main Street, including the area that is now Boltwood Walk. Shows the location of the old Amherst Boys' Club building and the old High School and Junior High School on Lessey Street as…

Two men shoveling snow off the road while two boys and a man watch. On the right at the edge of the road stands a horse and a sleigh with a man and dog behind. A row of trees line the edge of the road behind the sleigh.

A woman all bundled up, walking with the help of a cane, and carrying a basket as she searches th eground for dandelions. A house with an addition stands behind her and some trees grow on the left, in front of the house.

A white woman sits in a chair with a dog holding its front paws in her lap. A second woman stands near a bowl resting on a large box serving as a table with other jugs and pails on the table or standing nearby. A wooden roof is attached to the house…

A white girl sitting on a sidewalk with a book in her lap, reading. A second girl sits on stone steps of a house facing her, playing with her doll. A straw hat decorated with flowers hangs near the door. Caption identifies the place as Orry, possibly…

This image shows the smoldering scene the morning after the fire that decimated the Amherst House on the evening of December 9, 1926.

A white man sitting on a rocking chair on a porch of a house. There is a table filled with books, papers, a cup and a small wooden bucket underneath a window next to him.

Two white boys standing beside a stream, both holding fishing poles. One is holding a wicker basket in his left hand. Trees line the stream on both sides in the middle ground and background.

A woman and a girl sit on a bench, both sewing. The girl is resting her feet on a chair in front of her. A little round table with a candle stands next to the bench. A display cabinet behind them is filled with pewter plates and jugs. The left corner…

A white woman sitting at a small round table with her right hand on a kettle. A creamer, plate and other dining set items are n the table and there is a window behind.

A white woman sits on a porch possibly sewing while a child stands next to her, watching. A second woman sits inside the open door of the house, also sewing.

Two white women sit on rocking chairs on a porch, one knitting and one sewing. A third white woman stands in the door holding her hands on the backrest of one of the other women. The caption describes the area as "Mark Twain country."

View from Edgar Scott's room on the third floor of the Fisher Home on North Pleasant Street.

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

Agreement between Peletiah Smith and seven others to build, and to share equally the cost of, a gristmill to be situated on the Fort River in the Second Precinct of Hadley.