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A white man is kneeling by a board walk nailing down a plank while two other men stand nearby looking on. A wooden building and a brick building stand on the right side of the road with the finished board walk in front of them. Some other men stand…

A view of River Thames in Runnymede (spelled Runnymead on the caption) with trees growing densely on the far bank

A view of a stone bridge with trees on either side and a rushing brook underneath.

Two white boys play with sleds by the side of a frozen river. Some bare trees grow behind them and some farm buildings are in the background.

This image shows a tree-lined rural road with a horse and a couple of wagons on it.

View of Prospect Street when it was a dirt lane and showing a couple of houses on one side of the street.

View of houses on Main Street in Amherst through a triangular patch of grass and trees.

View on South Prospect Street showing fences along the dirt sidewalks.

Watercolor signed by Ruth Payne Burgess depicting two stacked books

1898 Crayon sketch of woman seated in chair

Exhibition pamphlet announcing Recent Paintings of Ruth Burgess and Alethea H. Platt listing 23 works by Ruth Payne Burgess & 16 by Alethea H. Platt

Handwritten manuscript of the poem, October, written by Ruth Payne Burgess

Handwritten short story by Ruth Payne Burgess

Letter written to Ruth Burgess from Mary Cassatt speaking about artists in Paris working as independents

Handwritten letter to Ruth Payne Burgess announcing her election to President of the Woman's Art Club of New York