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A one-legged man sits on a porch of a wooden building. A crutch rests against the porch and a sign "Old Virginia Cheroots 3 for 3 is partly obscured by the man's leg resting over the side. A two-masted ship rests in the harbor behind the building and…

Folding booklet of ten images used for postcards. The images are classic scenes of the town of Amherst. Originally sent as a birthday greeting to Eva M. Woodbury from Sarah Pierce. Stamp dated March 1912.

A white man wears gloves and kneels in the soil sowing. A line connected by two sticks guides him across in a straight row. A wooden fence cuts across the middle ground and trees and planks are visible behind it in the background.. Caption on reverse…

A white man leading two horses pulling a planter in a field. A corn field is in the middle ground and utility poles run along the road on the left.

A white woman stands on a porch of a house spinning on a spinning wheel. Some coats hang on the wall near her.

A white woman stands before a large spinning wheel located inside house with a wooden floor and walls.

A view of the Hudson River with some grasses growing in the water in the foreground and buildings on the left shore in the background.

Two bare-foot white boys walk down a dirt road holding a pail between them .They are looking at a dog walking alongside them which is sniffing the ground. Wooden split-rail fences run along the road on both sides and trees grow in the middle ground…

A black boy stands holding an axe near a pile of firewood. Two boys and a girl look on while a woman and a girl look at each other in the middle ground, in front of a wooden building.

A boy splitting wood in the doorway of a farmhouse. Behind him is a large horse-drawn sleigh. Sap carrying buckets are lined up on the porch. Icicles hang from all the eaves.

A man stands at a chopping block making firewood. The shed behind him, mostly filled with firewood, is connected to the house which stands on the left, behind him. Another person stands in the doorway looking out.

Two women stand in a yard with fairly tall grasses growing around them spreading a blanket. Another blanket rests on the ground and a several hang on bushes on the left. A basket with laundry sits on the grass and a row of houses is visible in the…

Pen and ink illustration of two women wearing hats spreading blankets in front of bushes with blankets on them and a row of houses in the background.

A woman stands in profile in front of a shelf resting on a barrel spreading butternuts. There is a house on the left with a porch in front. Trees cover the middle ground and a hill rises in the background.

Three men , two facing away from the camera, and one facing the camera spread fish on a long wooden table to dry. A fourth man stands further away. Ships and buildings are visible in the middleground.