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A view of Niagara Falls from a viewing platform. A bench and a tree are in the foreground and a second platform is further up on the right. An arched steel bridge crosses the water on the left, partly obscured by the tree in the foreground.

Nicke Grabbe gives a speech during the March 12, 2016 event titled 'David Grayson Revealed'

View of the Epiphyllum Hookeri (night-blooming cactus) photographed with magnesium light.

"There were parties to watch the rare night-blooming cereus unfold. It was not so uncommon in Amherst as in other places because of the Agricultural College.…

Plumbley's Restaurant, illuminated at night, from across and down Main Street.

View up Main Street toward Town Hall and the central business district at night.

A tree in a forest with a no trespassing sign and wire fence. A caption reads: A warning posted on the borders of woodland that contains numerous oil wells.

Lengthy article describing Noah Webster's life in Amherst including a description of his property and house, what he grew in his garden, the process he used to write his famous dictionary, what Amherst and the Town Common looked like at the time, and…

Two sheep sit and one stands in the shade of two large haystacks. Other sheep graze in the middle ground with stone walls separating the fields. A mill and some buildings are visible in the background.

About six sheep resting in the shade of a large haystack with other haystack and sheep around. Two are grazing closer to the camera. A stone wall separates fields and a windmill is visible in the background.

Two boys sit and one stands on a wooden platform extending into a pond that was used to harvest ice in winter. One of the boys is wiggling a stick in the water to make ripples while the other two look on.

North Amherst Congregational Church visible across the road, a coniferous tree in the front and houses located on either side of the church.

East side view of the North Amherst Library from across Montague Road.

Turn of the century view of the library. The building is a small, clapboard Queen Anne style structure and was designed by Roswell F. Putnam of Leverett. Montague Road and Sunderland Road are dirt.

Caption on back: "North Amherst Library, built…

Close-up colorized view of the North Amherst Library, with electric (?) poles in front and two buggies in back. On verso, a listing of the open hours for the library has been printed under the words, "The North Amherst Library and The Jones Library…

View of a mill, dam, and pond at Puffers Pond in North Amherst. Written on verso: "Paper mill No. Amherst. "