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Child standing by an avocado plant at the Jones Library. Caption on reverse reads, "Sept. 26, 1973 Children's Room at the North Amherst Library is home to a flourishing avocado plant donated by Nanny Burack. This plant eventually made its way to…

A man seated and using audio equipment with someone else seated in background enjoy the AV Listening Room at The Jones Library

Lithograph created from the original painting by Orra White Hitchcock. View looking west from the Pelham Hills and showing East Village in the foreground, and the center of town and Amherst College in the background.

A roadway, lined with scattered trees hooks right. A stone wall lines the road on the left and fences can be seen on the right. Part of a house and barn visible between trees in the background.

Sheep in a field with four near the foreground and many walking around in the middle ground or resting in the shade of tall haystacks. A mill is visible in the background with a couple buildings nearby.

A view of a gravel road with a house behind a wooden fence and a dilapidated stone church of St Helena's behind a stone fence.

A man sits in a chair reading with a fireplace on the right and a kettle sitting on a stone slab. A table and chair filled with papers are on the left.

A white man and a boy stand on a sidewalk near a two level building looking across a cobbled street at the camera.

A man sits in a chair reading a book. An open door on the right leads to a box bed and a part of a fireplace is visible on the left with a number of photographs and other items on the mantelpiece.

This 24-page brochure describes Amherst during Emily Dickinson's lifetime including the landscape, highlights of Amherst College, changes to Kellogg Block, and businesses in Amherst center. There is a good description of the merchandise sold in each…

Atkins Farms Country Market booth at the 2008 Taste of Amherst displaying cider doughnuts, apples and other goods.

A pair of horses pulling a sleigh with three men on it and a snowplow behind. Background of pine tree covered hill on the left and saplings on the right.

A black man stands on a plank holding a large saw cutting wood on water. He is surrounded by driftwood and there is a boat moored nearby. A houseboat can be seen in the middle ground on the left.

A man balances himself on the bowsprit of a boat with his feet on the lines, getting ready for a voyage. Other boats are in the water behind him and one building is visible on the left.

A bearded white man working his flower garden with a shovel. A house with a tree growing in front of a column holding up a porch and spreading partly on the roof is behind him.