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Amherst Boys Club on Cleanup Day
Members of the Amherst Boys Club working on a project on Cleanup Day. Boys are at work shoveling dirt near a parked a two-horse cart filled with dirt. Kellogg Avenue School is in the…
Tags: 1920s, Schools, Peoples of Amherst, Amherst Boys Club
Friday night gang at Amherst Boys Club
Group portrait of members of the Amherst Boys Club with the clubhouse in the background. Written on back: "A portion of the Friday p.m. Boys Club. We have a membership of 45 boys representing all churches - Protestant, Catholic,…
Tags: 1920s, Peoples of Amherst, Amherst Boys Club
Children on ride at Amherst Community Fair
Three young girls on a ride at the 1987 Amherst Community Fair.…
Fortuneteller at the fair
Fortuneteller with a client at the 1987 Amherst Community Fair.…
Crowd and stands at Amherst Farmers' Market
General view of the crowd and stands at the 2005 Amherst Farmers' Market. Commercial buldings along South Pleasant Street stand in the…
Muddy Brook Farm wagon ride
People enjoying a wagon ride provided by Muddy Brook Farm at the 2008 Taste of Amherst.…
Tags: Peoples of Amherst, 2000s, Taste of Amherst, Social life, Farms
Booths and crowd at Taste of Amherst
General view of the colorful booths and crowd at the 2008 Taste of Amherst.…
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
Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill
Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was the grandson of Marquis Fayette Dickinson and the only Amherst man to die in the Spanish-American War. He fell in the Battle of El Caney (Cuba) on July 1, 1898, which was a precursor to the Battle…
Edward Southworth Fitz
Amherst College class of 1871…
Tags: Amherst College, 1870s, Peoples of Amherst
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
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…