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Account book for Connecticut River transportation business
Account book kept by unknown person recording transportation of goods such as salt, molasses, and rum, up and down the Connecticut River during the years 1753 through 1756.
Laying trolley tracks on Main Street in Amherst
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Upper Main Street is torn up as men lay track for the Amherst and Sunderland Street Railroad. Business blocks in Phoenix Row are visible on the right, and the Amherst House is visible in the background.
Advertisement for trucking business of Edward S. Puffer
Advertisement for the trucking business of Edward S. Puffer, dealer in coal, wood, ice, hay, grain, meal and feeds.
Jackson & Cutler store interior
Interior of the shop belonging to Jackson & Cutler which was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street in Amherst. On the back of the photograph is the statement that this shop is now the back room of A. J. Hasting's.
Advertisement for Jackson & Cutler's shop in Amherst
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.
Union Lecture Course broadside
Broadside advertising a lecture by George W. Mansfield of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, which merged with Edison General Electric Company in 1892 to become General Electric Company. The lecture was part of the Union Lecture Course.
Agreement to build a gristmill
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.
Gristmill subscription, January 23, 1756
Subscription list for Peletiah Smith and seven others to share labor to build a gristmill on the Fort River in the Second Precinct of Hadley.
Grange Store delivery cart in Amherst
View of the horse and cart that was used to deliver goods for the Grange Store in the early 1900s.
Advertising card for Edgar R. Bennett business in Amherst
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.
Latest styles in hats advertising card
Trade card advertising the Amherst business of J. M. Waite & Son, a hatter and outfitter for gentlemen, whose establishment was located in Cook's Block, Phoenix Row, in the late 1880s.
Cat-astrophe advertising card
Trade card advertising the Amherst business of F. H. Howes, a grocer located in Merchants' Row in the 1880s. The cartoon on the card illustrates Victorian humor.
American House block in Amherst
This structure was built on the site where Noah Webster's house was located during the time he spent in Amherst writing his dictionary (1812-1822). It was built as the Hygeian Hotel. This statement was printed in the Springfield Republican edition of…
Prospect House in Amherst
Still standing on the corner of Amity and North Prospect Streets, the Prospect House is hardly recognizable. At a later date, more stories were added and it was covered with stucco. It has also been known as Drake's Hotel, The Village Inn, and The…
Amherst center
Turn of the century view of the center of Amherst looking west toward the Amherst House from the north end of the Town Common.