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Phoenix Row with American House Block
Phoenix Row seen from the corner of Amity and South Pleasant Streets. Cook's Block, the brick building on the left, was built about 1840. The upper floors were partially rebuilt after a fire in 1881. Other business blocks (from left to right) include…
Amherst House block
Shown is a portion of Merchants' Row and the second incarnation of the Amherst House. Businesses shown in the Amherst House block include E. R. Clark, Deuel's Drug Store, a clothes shop. and Amherst E-O Store. There are ladies sitting on a bench on…
Latest styles in hats
Trade card advertising the business of J. M. Waite & Son, a hatter and outfitter for gentlemen, whose establishment was located in Cook's Block, Phoenix Row, in the late…
Mrs. Musante, peanuts, fruit and candy
Candida Musante beside the stand that became an Amherst institution. She and her husband (known as "Peanut John") ran a little shop out of Cutler's Block on South Pleasant Street. The Musantes emigrated from Italy, arriving in Amherst in the early…
Paige's Livery and Amity Street School
Livery stable next to Amity Street School showing workmen with horses and a stagecoach with driver.…