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Ice hockey at Mass Aggie
Ice hockey game in progress on the pond at Mass Aggie. Snow is cleared to create walkways around the pond.
Written on back: "Thought maybe when you looked at this it would make you cooler - I am in Deuels talking to Susie. I am using her pencil. I…
Climbing wall at Taste of Amherst
Climbing wall at the 2008 Taste of Amherst with two children partway up the wall.…
Tags: 2000s, Taste of Amherst, Sports
Crowd watching martial arts demonstration at Taste of Amherst
Part of a crowd of people watching the Shaolin Kung Fu demonstration on the Amherst Town Common at the 2008 Taste of Amherst. Colorful food tents form the background of the…
Tags: Peoples of Amherst, 2000s, Taste of Amherst, Social life, Sports
Shaolin Kung Fu of Amherst demonstration
Children demonstrating martial arts poses on the Town Common at the 2008 Taste of Amherst. The demonstration was sponsored by Shaolin Kung Fu of Amherst. In the background is the vehicle painted with the logo for the radio station 93.9 "The…
Tags: Peoples of Amherst, 2000s, Taste of Amherst, Social life, Sports
Winter fun on Mount Pleasant Hill
Children skiing and sledding down the hill in front of Mount Pleasant Institute toward East Pleasant Street.…
Tags: 1920s, Mount Pleasant Institute, Social life, Sports
Amherst Bicycle Club
The Amherst Bicycle Club in Brattleboro, Vermont on May 16, 1881. Portrait of four club members taken in the Brattleboro studio of C. L. Howe. Members are wearing athletic clothes of the day and posed with a high wheeler…
Early baseball game
This is an early baseball game in progress in a field next to South College. Athletics were introduced to the campus in 1868 when the Wilder Baseball Association was organized. The ball club was named in honor of trustee Marshall P. Wilder, who…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, UMASS, Sports
Grandstand at Pratt Field
Pratt Field, located on Northampton Road, was presented to the College in 1890 by F. B. Pratt of the class of 1887. The grandstand was built in 1891 and had a seating capacity of around four hundred. It also contained bathrooms, dressing rooms, and…
Pratt Gymnasium
This building was completed in 1884, and cost $68,000. It received its name in honor of Mr. Charles M. Pratt, of the class of 1879, through whose generosity it was erected. The first floor contained the office of the Professor of Hygiene and Physical…
Aerial display over Pratt Field
Display of aeronautical vehicles over Pratt Field, Amherst College which includes zeppelins, hot air balloons, and early…
Tug of war at M.A.C.
A crowd watches a game of tug of war. Held in the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.…
Tags: 1900s, Ponds, UMASS, Social life, Sports
Crowd watches tug of war at M.A.C.
A crowd of onlookers watches a tug of war match at the Massachusetts Agricultural College pond.…
Tags: 1900s, UMASS, Social life, Sports
Hockey game on the M.A.C. pond
Students play ice hockey on the Massachusetts Agricultural College pond.…
Watching the rope pull, M.A.C.
A crowd watches a game of tug of war in the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Caption: "Watching the rope pull, M.A.C., Amherst,…
Tags: 1900s, Ponds, UMASS, Peoples of Amherst, Social life, Sports
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…