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Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower showing houses and barns along South Pleasant Street and beyond.

Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower looking toward the center of town and Amity Street. The statue Sabrina in the garden is just visible at the bottom of the photograph.

Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower looking over Williston Hall with a view of the First Congregational Church building.

Photograph taken from Johnson Chapel tower with a view of Walker Hall.

A view of the Town Common and Boltwood Avenue before Grace Episcopal Church was built and showing Amherst Academy in the background.

Aerial view from Amherst College showing Woodside Avenue and Northampton Road and the houses in those areas.

Display of flying vehicles over Pratt Field during a baseball game, which includes zeppelins, hot air balloons, and early airplanes. The caption on the photograph reads, "High times on Pratt Field. Cheer for old Amherst."

An older white man stands holding a pitchfork and looking at two young men facing him. A part of a house and some fencing is visible on the left and a river flows in the middle ground, downhill from where the men stand. A flat plain is visible on the…

A white woman smoking a pipe stands on top of veranda steps looking at a man standing on the ground, holding a bucket, and looking up at her.

Trade card distributed by H. B. Edwards & Co., an Amherstclothing store that operated in Merchants' Row from the 1880's to about 1915. The store specialized in ladies' fine underwear. The advertisement is for Warner Brothers Coraline Corsets,…

This trade card advertises the optical business which was run by Edgar R. Bennett from sometime in the 1880s through 1903. Bennett was a watchmaker, jeweler, optician, and bicycle agent. His shop was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street.

Trade card distributed by the Amherst pharmacy W. H. H. Morgan around the turn of the century. The illustration is an image of a group of young women being instructed in home economics. On the back is printed the price, the list of colors, and other…

Advertisement for the trucking business of Edward S. Puffer, dealer in coal, wood, ice, hay, grain, meal and feeds.

Advertisement for the firm of Jackson & Cutler which succeeded the firm of George Cutler & Co. in 1884. The store sold clothing and related articles. The women drawn in the ad have a feminine, wasp-waisted, Gibson Girl look.

The cover of the book 'Adventures of David Grayson' by David Grayson and illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.