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View toward Walker Hall and across College Street showing houses along the street and in the distance. The hat factories are shown to the right of Walker Hall.

View toward Walker Hall and across College Street showing houses along the street and in the distance. The hat factories are shown to the right of Walker Hall.

View toward Walker Hall and across College Street showing houses along the street and in the distance. The hat factories are shown to the right of Walker Hall.

View toward Walker Hall and across College Street showing houses along the street and in the distance. First Congregational Church is visible on the left and the hat factories are shown to the right of Walker Hall.

View toward Walker Hall and across College Street showing houses along the street and in the distance. The hat factories are shown to the right of Walker Hall.

Panoramic view showing a portion of Amherst's hat factories, and the village of East Amherst, with the Pelham hills in the distance.

View of the Hills Company hat factory which became one of the largest hat manufacturers in the United States. These buildings were constructed on the east side of the New London Northern Railroad tracks after the first factory was consumed by fire in…