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A white woman stands by an entrance to an all-stone house with some shrubs growing on the slanted roof. Stone wall runs across before the house and another is on the right. A second house is in the middle ground behind some hedges. An open box and a…

This is an area view looking north up North Pleasant Street with an emphasis on the left, residential, side of the street. There is a sign for a stove and tin shop visible on the right and a wagon parked in the road.

This is an area view looking north up North Pleasant Street showing the houses on the left side of the street. The Whipple house is the first on the left. There is a nice view of the lovely elms lining the street.

A woman sits in a chair holding a cup and a stick. There is a fireplace to her left with a kettle hanging on a chain above the fire. The mantelpiece above the fireplace holds a clock, flowers, and other decorative items. Some images hang on the wall.

A girl, identified as Katherine Johnson, sits on a low hanging branch of a tree with her feet touching the ground. She is wearing a straw hat with flowers in it and is looking at the camera.

A white woman walks up a cobbled sidewalk near a corner of a building holding a basket in one hand and a loaf of bread in the other. Other buildings are seen in the background on the left side of the street. The caption identifies the village as La…

Pen and ink illustration of a bundled woman with a sack on her back walking on a road.

An older white woman stands looking at the camera holding a bowl in one hand and a cane in the other. Behind her is a small wooden building with bare trees growing in the background.

Pen and ink illustration of a woman carrying a bucket and looking over her shoulder. There is a stonewall, house, and large cloud behind her. Published title: Water from the Brook."

A white woman stands holding a bucket and looking at the camera. A house stands behind her, a little down hill with a chair resting against the outside wall. A wooden fence separates it from a field in the middle ground and a group of cows stands…

A patron returning a lot of books without being charged fines. Information on reverse reads, "Amherst Record, Wed., Dec. 14, 1977, p. 6 Amherst Record, Sun., April 8, 1973, p.6 "Stealthily He Creeps - This fine old picture of a delinquent library…

Book cover for the children's story, Reynard the Fox, written by Clifton Johnson.

A drawing of a monkey sitting down pointing the right arm up and the left down.

A monument standing by three gravestones. A tree grows nearby and a wooden fence runs across behind the tree separating the little cemetery from the field beyond. Thick trees and shrubs grow in the background. The gravesite holds the remains of Moses…

Local author Rich Michelson poses with copies of his books, Fascinating: the Life of Leonard Nimoy and As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom, in front of the Jones Library.