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Farmer in a field harvesting rye with a special scythe that cradles the cut rye so it can then be laid down in a row. Connecticut river visible in the background

A man holding a saw cutting wood outside of a barn. One of his legs is up on the log holding it in place. Pieces of wood scattered throughout and a chicken stands by the barn door.

"Grandpa" Pease sits on a chair peeling potatoes. A stove rests next to him and a rocking chair faces away from him. Two doors flank either side of the photograph.

A farmer on a hay mowing machine pulled by two horses haying a meadow at the base of Mount Holyoke.

A farmer in Hockanum kneeling and setting a currant bush in a hole he has dug with a string to guide the planting in a row. Farmhouse, some trees, and Mount Holyoke visible in the background.

A man with a walking stick heads away from the camera down a snow covered roadway lined with saplings.

Two men, both facing away from the camera, one in the foreground, one in the middleground, working to put out a grass fire in an orchard. Bare trees line the middleground and a farm building, perhaps an animal enclosure or corn crib, visible in the…

Snowscene depicting a stream with a road fenced on one side and Mount Nonotuck in the background.

A hay field in Hockanum with stacks of hay scattered throughout. In the middle ground, a farmer loads hay onto a wagon pulled by two horses while a second worker stands on top of the wagon. A roof of the Thayer barn is visible behind a hill with Mt.…

A single slender elm tree in a meadow in Hockanum. Buildings are visible in the background, possibly belonging to the Barstows on Barstow Lane on the left and the Thayer farm on the right. Mount Holyoke visible beyond the buildings.

A farmer, possibly "grandpa" Pease, leaning over inspecting the squash plants with a rustic stick fence and woods behind.

Flooded meadow by the Connecticut river. Some trees scattered throughout and Mount Nonotuck visible in the background.

Fort River covered bridge surrounded by water during a flood. Bare trees spread to its left and more trees visible in the background.

Two men stand on a boat collecting flood trash wood from the swollen Connecticut river. A house and a barn, belonging to Elliot Johnson visible on the left, a mountain rises on the right.

Bank of the Connecticut River in Hockanum with floodwood logs along the bank. Some scattered bare trees and two houses are visible on the bank. The first house belonged to the Mt. Holyoke Summit House and the second was an ice house.