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Full title: A map of Amherst. With a view of the College and Mount Pleasant Institution. By Alonzo Gray & Charles B. Adams. Amherst College, May 1833. Pendleton's Lithography, Boston.

Pendleton's Lithography published many Massachusetts town plans…

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Aerial view from Amherst College showing Woodside Avenue and Northampton Road and the houses in those areas.

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Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower showing houses along South Pleasant Street and beyond.

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Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower showing the observatory and a view of South Pleasant Street and Northampton Road area. The Morse house is on the left.

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Aerial view of the west side of North Pleasant Street south to Amity Street. The building which was the Elm Tree Inn, and which housed the Amherst Tavern, was the first house at the center of the photograph. The top of the Amherst House is visible in…

Boltwood Walk aerial view.jpg
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…

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View of College Hill as seen from northeast. East College dormitory, razed in 1883, can be seen to the right of Stearns Church on the left. The other college buildings are also visible.

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Arial view of College Hill from the north looking over treetops that block the view of Boltwood Avenue. A portion of the Town Common is visible in the lower right corner. East College dormitory, torn down 1883, can be seen next to Stearns Church on…

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Winter view of College Hill from the northeast, showing East College dormitory and Stearns Church on the far left, and the old Amherst High School on Spring Street on the far right. This photograph was taken after 1873, when Stearns Church was built,…

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View of College Hill from the northeast, showing East College dormitory on the far left and the old Amherst High School on the far right with the Huntington house in the foreground before it. This photograph was taken after 1873, when Stearns Church…

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View of College Hill from the northeast, showing East College dormitory on the far left and the old Amherst High School on the far right. This photograph was taken before 1873, when Stearns Church was built next to East College.

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View across a fenced field in the Woodside Avenue area. Scene looks over South Pleasant Street to College Hill and shows area houses.

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View across a grassy meadow in the Woodside Avenue/Snell Street area over South Pleasant Street to College Hill.

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View of the house used as a long-term care residence for elderly women on North Pleasant Street in North Amherst. Written on back: "later moved."

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Aerial view of the Mill Lane looking north toward Amherst College and showing fields, livestock, gardens, houses, barns, etc. The Gaylord/Simeon Clark house (later the Lyman Thompson house) is in the foreground; and the Grist Mill is on the left.…
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