View of the ruins of the Palmer Block after the fire that started during the Blizzard of 1888. The Union Block and Cooper house next door were also consumed, though the chimneys of the Cooper house remained standing. Stated in the Amherst Record of…
View of the Grace Episcopal Church and tower on Boltwood Avenue covered in ivy. Written on verso: "clock and bell added to tower 1868; fence added in 1880 by Professor Tuckerman, at his own expense."
View of a farm on East Pleasant Street with a large elm tree in the foreground. Written on verso: "Giant elm tree on the Ayer Homestead; W. T. Chapin bought the land and cut the tree."
Close-up of a house on Lincoln Avenue with a man and child in the yard, and a man and woman on the porch. Written on back of photograph: "House where Winifred was born. Built by Mr. & Mrs. McCloud. Later owned by Mrs. Charles D. Adams." The…
View of an Italianate-style house with seven people sitting on the porch. Written on back of photograph: "E. W. Carpenter, Sarah McCloud, Grandpa McCloud, Grandma McCloud, H. M. McCloud, Al." The house number is currently 171.
View west on Main Street from the end of the American House Block. Businesses seen in Phoenix Row at the time include Amherst Record, Sing Lee Chinese Laundry, G.M. Chamberlain Livery & Feeding Stable, M.N. Spear, and a harness and trunk shop.
View west on Main Street toward the center of town from about where the Dickinson Homestead is. Trees, hedges, and fences line the dirt sidewalks, and the road is unpaved and rutted.