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A man (Dwight L. Moody?) stands in a pond holding a shovel while another man stands on the grass, both looking down at a man keeling down building a lock to prevent water from the pond backing up and flooding the fields.

A cargo barge being loaded by dockside crane at the river edge. Other boats and buildings visible in the background. Caption reads: "Dutch Point where the Dutch had their port when the first English settlers arrived."

A view of some buildings lining the shore of a river and trees making a wall behind them obscuring parts of buildings on top of a hill on which the tops of Durham Cathedral towers are visible.

Plants and trees inside Durfee Plant House at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst.

Exterior view of the greenhouse at Massachusetts Agricultural College showing a three-tiered water fountain outside the structure, and two men standing in front.

Exterior view of the greenhouse at Massachusetts Agricultural College with three men standing outside.

Close-up view of the Durfee Plant House and water fountain and the hill behind.

Durfee Plant House was built in 1867 with funds donated by Dr. Nathan Durfee of Fall River (one of the first trustees of Massachusetts Agricultural College) and Leonard and Henry F. Hills of Amherst. The structure was destroyed by fire in 1883 and…

General view of the Massachusetts Agricultural College grounds showing a cultivated field containing young plants in the foreground, and campus buildings in the background.

Professor Levi Stockbridge with a class in front of the Durfee Plant House.

A view of a dock with a large ship on the right and a number of boats moored in the river and near the shore on the left. A number of buildings are on the left and across the middle ground with scaffolding in front of many of them. A group of boys…

Three men sit on the stairs of a brick building with a dog between them. Two boys stand in the foreground, one looking at the camera, the other at the men.

A woman and a girl stand near a pond with ducks, geese, and a small boat. The inscription reads: "a pond for the ducks and geese. The ducks seem to be bashful, for they stay far back while the geese have come to see what the little girl has to feed…

A young white man stands on the edge of the lake holding a gun and looking out. The shoreline swaps around to a point with some cabins on it. The caption reads: "A boy duck hunter on the shore of Lake Superior, near where Hiawatha and Minnehaha used…

A view of a farmhouse with some farm buildings in winter. Snow covers the ground and bare trees stand in a line on the right and behind the farmhouse. A person stands on the steps of the house and two piles of wood are near the house. A line of…