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A bearded white man chops wood while a boy stands next to him. A wooden house with a stone chimney is behind them with bare trees on the left.

Newspaper article glued to a scrapbook page. The article describes the history of the relationship of Sir Chentung Liang Cheng to the town and the people of Amherst. Cheng came to the United States about 1875 (at the age of 12) as part of the Chinese…

A view of a shore of Lake Champlain framed by two birch trees. A lighthouse stands in the background on the right.

A white boy stands in a boat holding his oar up looking at a large serpent with its head high above the water and its tongue sticking out.

Two white children, walking. The boy is holding a fishing pole and the girl is looking at him while holding a book up in her hand.

Three owls wearing top hats sit on a bare branch, all facing forward. A moon is directly behind them.

A white woman sits on a windowsill with a book in her hands. A child stands next to her pointing to the book.

A drawing of a ship, with five rowers on the top deck. A small cabin is in the bow and other people are in the stern. A sail with an image of a sun is unfurled. A ribbon on top of the sail extends to the back of the ship and almost to the water. Some…

A drawing of three shallops in silhouette, sailing next to each other. They are on water with a setting sun behind them. The shallop was used as the Johnson Bookstore logo.

A white man with a beard, hat, and apron stands over a chicken holding some feathers with his right hand. An axe is in the ground and the chicken is jumping forward, away from the man. Caption reads: "'There, by gracious! Why didn't you do what I…

A white man with a beard, hat, and apron, bends over a chicken holding it by the tail and raising an axe in his right hand. Caption, in pencil, reads: "'Just you wait' says Mr. Smith. 'I've always lived in the city until this year and I'm not used to…

A man leans on a stone railing leading up to a castle in the background. There is water around the castle with some passing under the arch bridge.

A bunny stands by a snowy garden patch with a small sign reading "CROCUS" in the patch. She is wearing a dress and boots and is holding her arms behind her back. A wooden fence runs across the middle ground and smoke rises from a chimney in the…

A white boy stands on a trail holding a walking stick. He is wearing a hat, a backpack and is dressed like a scout. A circle, presumably the sun, is behind him.

A man in silhouette runs down a snow-covered hill. He has a dagger and coin purse strapped to his belt and he is holding a stick in his right hand. He wears a pointed hat with a tassel and pointy shoes. Trees are in the middle ground and the moon and…