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Post office and Lincoln Block
This is the east end of Phoenix Row on Main Street. The new Lincoln Block is in the foreground.
The Amherst Journal of 6/16/1950 states, "Built by the Allen Brothers of Amherst in 1909 and 1910, the structure was designed by James H. Ritchie of…
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…
Three bridges, Hadley, Mass.
There were three bridges crossing the Connecticut River from Hadley to Northampton at the turn of the century. They were the trolley bridge, the old highway bridge, and the Boston and Maine Railroad Bridge which is now part of the Norwottuck Rail…
Advertising card for Edgar R. Bennett
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…
Trolley station at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Old station on North Pleasant Street at Massachusetts Agricultural College where passengers could wait for the trolley during inclement weather. The station was deconstructed in the early 1990's as part of a campus landscaping…
Amherst Roller Rink
Trade card for the Amherst Roller Rink, a roller-skating establishment which was located in Palmer Hall (today the site of Town Hall) in the…
Hills Company hat factory
The Hills Co. hat factory which became one of the largest hat manufacturers in the United States. These buildings were constructed on the east side of the New London Northern Railroad tracks after the first factory was consumed by fire in…
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…
Hockanum Ferry by moonlight, Northampton, Mass.
Ferry crossing the Connecticut River from Northampton to Hockanum in Hadley with Mount Holyoke in the background.…
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…
Cat-astrophe
Trade card advertising the business of F. H. Howes, a grocer located in Merchants' Row in the 1880s. The cartoon on the card illustrates Victorian…
Paige's Livery and Amity Street School
Livery stable next to Amity Street School showing workmen with horses and a stagecoach with driver.…