View east down Main Street with the First Congregational Church in the background. Note the sign advertising oysters at the restaurant: Fresh oysters in every style, to order.
View west on Main Street toward the center of town from about where the Dickinson Homestead is. Trees, hedges, and fences line the dirt sidewalks, and the road is unpaved and rutted.
View west on Main Street from the end of the American House Block. Businesses seen in Phoenix Row at the time include Amherst Record, Sing Lee Chinese Laundry, G.M. Chamberlain Livery & Feeding Stable, M.N. Spear, and a harness and trunk shop.
View of an Italianate-style house with seven people sitting on the porch. Written on back of photograph: "E. W. Carpenter, Sarah McCloud, Grandpa McCloud, Grandma McCloud, H. M. McCloud, Al." The house number is currently 171.
Close-up of a house on Lincoln Avenue with a man and child in the yard, and a man and woman on the porch. Written on back of photograph: "House where Winifred was born. Built by Mr. & Mrs. McCloud. Later owned by Mrs. Charles D. Adams." Theā¦
View of a farm on East Pleasant Street with a large elm tree in the foreground. Written on verso: "Giant elm tree on the Ayer Homestead; W. T. Chapin bought the land and cut the tree."
View of the Grace Episcopal Church and tower on Boltwood Avenue covered in ivy. Written on verso: "clock and bell added to tower 1868; fence added in 1880 by Professor Tuckerman, at his own expense."