A black man stands among wooden chips holding a frow and maul over a wooden beam held together by multiple interlocked branches. More wooden boards are spread around him.
A woman stands next to a bed putting a warming pan on the sheets. A nightstand stands next to the bed with two bowls lying on it and a chamber pot rests under the bed.
Looking south from the columns of Mount Pleasant Institute across open landscape toward Amherst center. Amherst College, Amherst Academy, and the Village Church are visible and the Holyoke Range rises in the background.
Military veterans stand at attention, one man holds an American flag and another man holds what is likely an American Legion flag. Spectators are seen in the background.
View looking east down Main Street with Phoenix Row on the left and horses and wagons parked along the road. This photograph was taken before 1868 when Palmer Block was built.