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A man stands in a field working with a shovel while a second man works farther away.

A view of a cobbled street with wagons, horses, and many men and boys walking around. A stone wall separates the street from buildings in the background.

A sleigh drawn by two horses buried in the snow. Two men are behind pushing while three are on the sleigh with one man working with one horse and two men out front.

Two children playing on the frozen Russell's Cove. One stands on the ice holding the rope of the sled behind, the other sitting on the sled on the shore beside a frozen cave and some bare trees. Russell's barn and Thayer's barn visible in the…

Hudson Maxim slides down a sandbank while two men look from atop the embankment. A wagon filled with sand stands near the bottom with a third man looking at Hudson. A couple of buildings are visible in the background, through bare trees.

A little display including chalkboard with the caption: "Slate used in the Early School Days of William B. Earle Born in 1802," an ink bottle, and a couple of books, all from the W.B. Earle Collection.

Burroughs stands on the porch of a vine covered house. Caption on reverse reads "Slabsides"

A print of two illustration, one above and slightly to the left of the other. They show a ferry crossing the Connecticut River carrying people and horse-drawn wagons. The bottom one shows Mount Holyoke in the background.

A group of children playing on the village pond, some on skates, some on sleds. Houses and other town buildings visible in the background and some bare trees are scattered throughout.

Elbridge Kingsley in profile, sitting in a chair, possibly engraving a block of wood.

An image of a silhouette figure of a man in top hat, frock coat and knee britches.

Construction of a sidewalk along South Pleasant Street at a time when Amherst residents used a horse and carriage or the trolley to get to town.

View of Main Street looking east, showing the William Austin Dickinson house and the Emily Dickinson house. People are standing on the sidewalk. This image shows the area near the current Sweetser Park.

A girl and two boys, identified as Katherine, Arthur, and Roger Johnson, in front of a barn. One of the boys is crouching holding a doll in front of the girl. The other boy is standing behind them looking down. A barn is visible in the background.

A stone wall-lined road leading up to the hill top village with two churches, houses and barns. There are stone walks dividing a meadow and some trees grow by the side of the road.