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Advertising card
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Amherst Roller Rink advertising card
Description
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Trade card for the Amherst Roller Rink, a roller-skating establishment which was located in Palmer Hall (today the site of Amherst Town Hall) in the 1880s.
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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Circa 1885
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image/jpg
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English
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Folder: Amherst -- Trade cards
Subject
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Advertising cards
Business cards
Roller skating
Amherst (Mass.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Cards
1880s
Social life
Sports
Trade cards
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Edgar Scott Postcard Collection
Description
An account of the resource
Edgar Scott (1857-1940) was a photographer and printer in the Amherst and Northampton areas. He was born on Martha’s Vineyard and, as an Amherst resident, worked in a local hat factory. He took up photography in retirement and was an originator of the picture postcard. He specialized in photographic views of architecture and social events around the Amherst area around the turn of the century.
The bulk of the images are from about 1897 to approximately 1924. Many of his postcards have color applied to them. Beyond the images digitized here, the collection at the Scott Collection at the Jones library includes 157 5 x 7 in. glass plate negatives; 44 5x7 in. nitrate negatives; over 200 prints; c.350 picture postcards (no negatives for postcards).
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Photograph; Postcard
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3 x 5 in.
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Title
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Watching the rope pull, Massachusetts Agricultural College
Subject
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Tug of war (Game)
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
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A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
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Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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Circa 1905
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Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
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image/jpeg
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English
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SPC627
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Cards
1900s
Ponds
Social life
Sports
UMASS
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Photograph
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5 x 8 in.
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Thomas W. Smith with horse and cart
Subject
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Parades
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
An account of the resource
View of Thomas W. Smith sitting in a cart holding the reins attached to a horse. Written on back: "Thomas W. Smith as he appeared in the Horribles Section of the parade at the Flag Pole dedication. Picture taken at rear of 31 North Prospect Street. Horse belonged to John Musante."
Thomas W. Smith was Amherst town clerk from 1912 to 1930.
Many parades in the nineteeth century had a "horribles" section consisting of people wearing funny and grotesque costumes.
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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1899
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image/jpg
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English
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Folder: Smith, Thomas W. -- Scrapbook
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Photographs
1890s
Animals
Changing Physical Landscape
Holidays and festivals
Parades
Social life
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Edgar Scott Postcard Collection
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An account of the resource
Edgar Scott (1857-1940) was a photographer and printer in the Amherst and Northampton areas. He was born on Martha’s Vineyard and, as an Amherst resident, worked in a local hat factory. He took up photography in retirement and was an originator of the picture postcard. He specialized in photographic views of architecture and social events around the Amherst area around the turn of the century.
The bulk of the images are from about 1897 to approximately 1924. Many of his postcards have color applied to them. Beyond the images digitized here, the collection at the Scott Collection at the Jones library includes 157 5 x 7 in. glass plate negatives; 44 5x7 in. nitrate negatives; over 200 prints; c.350 picture postcards (no negatives for postcards).
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Photograph; Postcard
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3 x 5 in.
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Tug of war at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Subject
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Tug of war (Game)
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
An account of the resource
A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
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Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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Before 1910
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Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
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image/jpeg
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English
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SPC628A
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Cards
1900s
Ponds
Social life
Sports
UMASS
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Edgar Scott Postcard Collection
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An account of the resource
Edgar Scott (1857-1940) was a photographer and printer in the Amherst and Northampton areas. He was born on Martha’s Vineyard and, as an Amherst resident, worked in a local hat factory. He took up photography in retirement and was an originator of the picture postcard. He specialized in photographic views of architecture and social events around the Amherst area around the turn of the century.
The bulk of the images are from about 1897 to approximately 1924. Many of his postcards have color applied to them. Beyond the images digitized here, the collection at the Scott Collection at the Jones library includes 157 5 x 7 in. glass plate negatives; 44 5x7 in. nitrate negatives; over 200 prints; c.350 picture postcards (no negatives for postcards).
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Photograph; Postcard
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3 x 5 in.
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Tug of war at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Subject
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Tug of war (Game)
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
An account of the resource
A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
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Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940
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Jones Library Special Collections
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Before 1910
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Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
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image/jpeg
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English
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SPC630
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Cards
1900s
Ponds
Social life
Sports
UMASS
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Correspondence
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Amherst College, July 4th 1843
Dear Lucy,
I suppose that it is as still and quiet as ever where you
are today & now (ten minutes to twelve) a.m. you are making your preparations for dinner, without out cannons or crackers, orators or noisy boys to tell you
that your “father fought for liberty.†Our usual exercises are suspended today except morning & evening prayers. If you received the paper I sent to you or rather which Stockbridge sent to you, you understand the exercises we have had in the chapel this forenoon. I will only say that we have a very interesting celebration indeed so far, i.e. the eulogy was a brilliant & deeply interesting performance. It is here (and I suppose at N.B.) a cool & pleasant day & we had a very good congregation. P.M. 15 ms. to six. – I have just got home from another celebration. I’ve been down to East street to hear an oration from N. Linnel Esq. who was a student in college last year a member of the present senior class & left to study law. A procession was formed & marched about the streets a little escorted by the Belchertown brass band. The procession was composed of marshals & committee, one revolutionary soldier (Amherst sent 60 soldiers out of her 800 population to the revolutionary army, eight of whom still survive) two rev. clergy & their wives, orator of the day, reader of the Declaration of independence, representatives of the old thirteen states (consisting of thirteen young
ladies, bare headed, dressed in white, with crowns & girdles of flowers) & citizens generally making up the rear. The band was large & the music good; the marshals, with their badges & blue ribbands, rode upon prancing steeds, the ladies marched with a military step, the little children (whom I forgot to mention as forming a part of the procession) were in fine spirits, the national flag fluttered in the procession & a plain white standard declared the motto “Union founded on Love of Liberty,†while on the ????? far above the whole the nation’s banner proudly waved her stars &
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stripes. So in the whole they made quite a display. Wed. morn. I given you an account of the performances, in part, of yesterday. But the most interesting part came off last evening. A Pickwick meeting & initiation. You remember I told you, I don’t know as you heard me, but father did of one who was exceedingly disappointed at not getting into it, & afterwards joined another society. Well he has since improved, wrote a first rate colloquy & disposition for exhibition & was elected to the Pickwick & had a grand initiation though not more so than I have seen before. There were about twenty there. I was quite amused last night to hear that some of the young ladies in the village (& their sympathy is wholly on the side of the Alpha Delta Phi) have had consultations together, as to the members of our class who will probably be remembered next year & they singled out [the very ones?] – But I suppose you will want to know
something about exhibition & c. You recd a schedule I suppose. I hadn’t been very well for two or three days before exhibition & that morning I woke up at the
ringing of prayer bell quite sick at my stomach & my bowels out of order. I didn’t go in to prayers or recitation but went down to breakfast & drank a bowl of sage tea; came back to my room, laid a-bed & slept a considerable part of the forenoon. Went down to dinner & drank another bowl of sage tea & thought I must try to spunk up a little before 3 o’clock, but twas really hard work to dress me. I didn’t hurry for I was over an hour about it. I bathed myself all over & felt
tolerably bright. They say that I looked very pale when I first came upon the stage but that any paleness gradually wore off as I advanced in my piece. I got through without any blunder & I never spoke as well before. I was not frightened at all. I
think & felt quite at home. We had a very good audience, good music (singing by a quartette glee club) & in fine the exhibition passed off very well indeed. I only wish you could have been here. I keep wishing so very often. I see students very often with a sister or a mother (much more often the former) or some friend from home & it always make me wish I had such a one here for a little while. I thought
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of it a great many times yesterday. And now I am reminded again that yesterday was a great day for the Pickwicks : both of the orators were Pickwicks. There was a lawyer here yesterday from Michigan who belonged to that society & wore the badge. I think, as you see, a great deal about this society, and I do believe that there is no association that has better articles or that tends to have a better influence upon its own members at least than this, except the church. I’m afraid I love it too much. We had our election of officers in the Athenian Society, the evening of the
day I sent you my last letter. I told father last vacation that Stockbridge would undoubtedly be chosen unanimously first secretary. I presume that about or
quite every one thought so then. Two or three days before elections one of my classmates asked me who would be chosen secretary. I told him, “Stockbridge of course.†And then he told me that I was a candidate against him & one of the Juniors had been talking
with him who told him that about every man in his class would vote for me. I heard no more about it until the afternoon before the evening of election when Stockbridge came & told me that there was a great excitement about college on my account. And when I inquired with great concern, to know what I had been doing or what the matter was, he told me that there was a great electioneering excitement & that I should probably be run in for secretary. I had before supposed that it was all blown over but before suppertime others knew it to be decided, although I did not. But although I was elected, I and my best friends voted for Stockbridge. I mean by my best friends Pickwicks who were not influenced by envy or anything ??? Indeed those who voted for me acknowledge readily enough that Stockbridge deser[ved?] it plainly enough, but they “didn’t like him,†he had put himself forward too much, “thought too largely of himself†& c. I suppose if I should write to other folks such things as I write home I should be accused of vanity but when I write home I want to tell
all the good things about myself that I can. But enough of this. I feel in a hurry to get home again & the term has got so near through that it will soon be done & I shall be at home if God suffers me. About going to Fallriver, if I went I wasn’t intending to go until after I got home. Fallriver is seventeen miles from Taunton. I don’t
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know how far it is there; or exactly how much it would cost from there to Fallriver. I supposed I might walk perhaps part way, but I can tell better about going after I get home perhaps. I wish next time you write you would tell me how far it is to Taunton. I went to Sunderland a week ago last Saturday & staid till
Monday morn. Had a very pleasant time indeed. Mrs. Carey is a very pretty woman I think; didn’t hear Mr. Carey preach. I thing I learned a great many things
about ministers & their life & way of doing things; there were three ministers there besides Mr. Carey, not all the time however. I went up to a famous cave there, an opening underground, running beneath rocks for ten or twelve rods. I got a guide to go through with me who carried a candle. But I can’t tell you anything more at present. Your letter came safely to hand as I hope another may soon. And now with lots of love to you all I subscribe your affectionate brother’s name.
Abel
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Letter from Amherst College student to his sister
Subject
The topic of the resource
Fourth of July celebrations; Brothers and sisters
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
An account of the resource
A letter from Amherst College student Abel Packard, to sister Lucy, about Fourth of July activities around Amherst, and other details about life as a student at the college.
Creator
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Packard, Abel Kingman, 1823-1891
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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1843-07-04
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application/pdf
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English
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Folder: Packard, Abel Kingman--Correspondence
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Correspondence
1840s
Amherst College
Education
Holidays and festivals
Social life
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John L. Lovell Collection
Description
An account of the resource
John L. Lovell (1825-1903) was a professional photographer. He came to Amherst in 1856 and established the Amherst Picture Gallery, the first photographic studio in Western Massachusetts. In addition to studio work, Lovell was interested in scientific photography, accompanying an Amherst College astronomical team to California in 1882, as well as photographing Connecticut Valley geological features.
His photos provide the best visual documentation from the 1860s to the 1890s of the successive transitions Amherst made from an agricultural town, to an industrial one, and finally, to a town known chiefly for its educational institutions. Moreover, Lovell’s images provide the best visual available documentation of Emily Dickinson’s community. Early images of the Dickinson houses, the streets, shops, and businesses the family knew intimately – all are found within this very important collection.
John L. Lovell Collection (ca. 1860s – ca. 1890s) can be seen in its entirety at the Jones Library. It includes negatives; 59 stereopticon views of Amherst; 40 cartes de visite; and 1200 prints. The collection includes the first surviving photos of Amherst. Subjects include Amherst and the Connecticut Valley, especially architecture, businesses, construction, etc. Biographical reviews in local newspapers of the day; advertisements for his business and other materials accompany the photographs. The cartes de visite are significant because of extensive collateral material in the manuscript collection.
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Photograph
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5.7 x 7.8 in.
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good
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Chorus of Old Folks Concert in Amherst
Description
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Group portrait of men and women in historic costumes and musicians with instruments. Backdrop appears to be an Amherst College building.
Creator
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Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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Circa 1875
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Is part of the John Lovell Photograph Collection. Jones Library Special Collections
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image/jpeg
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English
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LOV0276
Subject
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Amherst (Mass.)
Type
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Photographs
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Provenance
E.H. Redstone, 6/1948
1870s
Social life
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John L. Lovell Collection
Description
An account of the resource
John L. Lovell (1825-1903) was a professional photographer. He came to Amherst in 1856 and established the Amherst Picture Gallery, the first photographic studio in Western Massachusetts. In addition to studio work, Lovell was interested in scientific photography, accompanying an Amherst College astronomical team to California in 1882, as well as photographing Connecticut Valley geological features.
His photos provide the best visual documentation from the 1860s to the 1890s of the successive transitions Amherst made from an agricultural town, to an industrial one, and finally, to a town known chiefly for its educational institutions. Moreover, Lovell’s images provide the best visual available documentation of Emily Dickinson’s community. Early images of the Dickinson houses, the streets, shops, and businesses the family knew intimately – all are found within this very important collection.
John L. Lovell Collection (ca. 1860s – ca. 1890s) can be seen in its entirety at the Jones Library. It includes negatives; 59 stereopticon views of Amherst; 40 cartes de visite; and 1200 prints. The collection includes the first surviving photos of Amherst. Subjects include Amherst and the Connecticut Valley, especially architecture, businesses, construction, etc. Biographical reviews in local newspapers of the day; advertisements for his business and other materials accompany the photographs. The cartes de visite are significant because of extensive collateral material in the manuscript collection.
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Photograph
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7.1 x 9.4 in.
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good
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Back yard on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
Description
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View of a pine grove with chairs and a hammock set up. Written on the back of the photograph, "where outdoor gatherings will be held; Mr. Fearing's grove; Wild Garden; now frat; backyard on North Pleasant and Fearing St."
Creator
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Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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Circa 1896
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Is part of the John Lovell Photograph Collection. Jones Library Special Collections
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image/jpeg
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English
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LOV0355
Subject
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Amherst (Mass.)
Type
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Photographs
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Provenance
Gift of Mildred (Mason) Dickinson, 1987
1890s
Leisure activities
Social life
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John L. Lovell Collection
Description
An account of the resource
John L. Lovell (1825-1903) was a professional photographer. He came to Amherst in 1856 and established the Amherst Picture Gallery, the first photographic studio in Western Massachusetts. In addition to studio work, Lovell was interested in scientific photography, accompanying an Amherst College astronomical team to California in 1882, as well as photographing Connecticut Valley geological features.
His photos provide the best visual documentation from the 1860s to the 1890s of the successive transitions Amherst made from an agricultural town, to an industrial one, and finally, to a town known chiefly for its educational institutions. Moreover, Lovell’s images provide the best visual available documentation of Emily Dickinson’s community. Early images of the Dickinson houses, the streets, shops, and businesses the family knew intimately – all are found within this very important collection.
John L. Lovell Collection (ca. 1860s – ca. 1890s) can be seen in its entirety at the Jones Library. It includes negatives; 59 stereopticon views of Amherst; 40 cartes de visite; and 1200 prints. The collection includes the first surviving photos of Amherst. Subjects include Amherst and the Connecticut Valley, especially architecture, businesses, construction, etc. Biographical reviews in local newspapers of the day; advertisements for his business and other materials accompany the photographs. The cartes de visite are significant because of extensive collateral material in the manuscript collection.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
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7.5 x 9.5 in.
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good
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Title
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July 4th celebration on Amherst Town Common
Subject
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American flag
Rites and ceremonies
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
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Crowd standing on the Town Common during the dedication of the new flagpole on July 4, 1899. Carriages pulled by horses are visible in the foreground.
Creator
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Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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1899-07-04
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Is part of the John Lovell Photograph Collection. Jones Library Special Collections
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image/jpeg
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English
Identifier
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LOV0407
Type
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Photographs
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Provenance
George Cutler
1890s
American flag
Holidays and festivals
Social life
Town Common
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John L. Lovell Collection
Description
An account of the resource
John L. Lovell (1825-1903) was a professional photographer. He came to Amherst in 1856 and established the Amherst Picture Gallery, the first photographic studio in Western Massachusetts. In addition to studio work, Lovell was interested in scientific photography, accompanying an Amherst College astronomical team to California in 1882, as well as photographing Connecticut Valley geological features.
His photos provide the best visual documentation from the 1860s to the 1890s of the successive transitions Amherst made from an agricultural town, to an industrial one, and finally, to a town known chiefly for its educational institutions. Moreover, Lovell’s images provide the best visual available documentation of Emily Dickinson’s community. Early images of the Dickinson houses, the streets, shops, and businesses the family knew intimately – all are found within this very important collection.
John L. Lovell Collection (ca. 1860s – ca. 1890s) can be seen in its entirety at the Jones Library. It includes negatives; 59 stereopticon views of Amherst; 40 cartes de visite; and 1200 prints. The collection includes the first surviving photos of Amherst. Subjects include Amherst and the Connecticut Valley, especially architecture, businesses, construction, etc. Biographical reviews in local newspapers of the day; advertisements for his business and other materials accompany the photographs. The cartes de visite are significant because of extensive collateral material in the manuscript collection.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
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7.4 x 9.5 in.
Condition
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good
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Title
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Mounted men at Fourth of July celebration
Subject
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Rites and ceremonies
American flag
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
An account of the resource
View of a group of men on horses in front of the flagpole on the Town Common which was dedicated on July 4, 1899. Names written on verso: Leonard M. Hills, Dr. Perry, Dr. Gates, Charles Edward, George Thayer, Fred Hawley, Julius Trott, Dr. E.M. Brown, John Mullen, Capt. Thayer, A.W. Hall, E.A. Hosmer.
Creator
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Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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1899-07-04
Rights
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Is part of the John Lovell Photograph Collection. Jones Library Special Collections
Format
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image/jpeg
Language
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English
Identifier
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LOV0408
Type
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Photographs
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Provenance
George Cutler
1890s
American flag
Holidays and festivals
Social life
Town Common
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John L. Lovell Collection
Description
An account of the resource
John L. Lovell (1825-1903) was a professional photographer. He came to Amherst in 1856 and established the Amherst Picture Gallery, the first photographic studio in Western Massachusetts. In addition to studio work, Lovell was interested in scientific photography, accompanying an Amherst College astronomical team to California in 1882, as well as photographing Connecticut Valley geological features.
His photos provide the best visual documentation from the 1860s to the 1890s of the successive transitions Amherst made from an agricultural town, to an industrial one, and finally, to a town known chiefly for its educational institutions. Moreover, Lovell’s images provide the best visual available documentation of Emily Dickinson’s community. Early images of the Dickinson houses, the streets, shops, and businesses the family knew intimately – all are found within this very important collection.
John L. Lovell Collection (ca. 1860s – ca. 1890s) can be seen in its entirety at the Jones Library. It includes negatives; 59 stereopticon views of Amherst; 40 cartes de visite; and 1200 prints. The collection includes the first surviving photos of Amherst. Subjects include Amherst and the Connecticut Valley, especially architecture, businesses, construction, etc. Biographical reviews in local newspapers of the day; advertisements for his business and other materials accompany the photographs. The cartes de visite are significant because of extensive collateral material in the manuscript collection.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
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good
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Title
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Night blooming cereus in Amherst
Subject
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Flowers
Stereographs
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
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View of the Epiphyllum Hookeri (night-blooming cactus) photographed with magnesium light.
"There were parties to watch the rare night-blooming cereus unfold. It was not so uncommon in Amherst as in other places because of the Agricultural College. I recall one such occasion when a night-blooming cereus was sent us by Miss Greeley from Professor Crowell's home. We filled a large white china salad bowl with ice and put the flower in it at nine o'clock. The neighbors came in, a party of twelve, and at ten the flower began to open. For three hours it showed in all its glory. The next morning it was withered and dead." From "Around a Village Green" by Mary Adele Allen.
Creator
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Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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1871-08-25
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Is part of the John Lovell Photograph Collection. Jones Library Special Collections
Format
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image/jpeg
Language
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English
Identifier
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LOV1103
Type
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Photographs
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Provenance
Cutter
1870s
Agriculture
Social life
UMASS
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Ephemera
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Do you want to "Boom Amherst". Do you want an Electric Railway in Amherst? Do you want to run your domestic machinery by electricity? Then go to the Town Hall Tuesday Eve'ing, Mar. 1 and hear Mr. Mansfield of the Thomson-Houston Electric Co. tell how to do it.
Union Lecture Course
Fifth Lecture
Admission 15 Cents. Doors open at 7. Lecture at 8.
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Union Lecture Course broadside
Subject
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Street-railroads
Lectures and lecturing
Electricity
Public utilities
Description
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Broadside advertising a lecture by George W. Mansfield of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, which merged with Edison General Electric Company in 1892 to become General Electric Company. The lecture was part of the Union Lecture Course.
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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Circa 1890
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image/jpg
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English
Identifier
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Folder: Union Lecture Course
Type
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Posters
1890s
Business Industry and Transportation
Social life
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Photograph
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5 x 7 in.
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Winter fun on Mount Pleasant Hill in Amherst
Subject
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Sledding
Winter sports
Skis and skiing
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
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Children skiing and sledding down the hill in front of Mount Pleasant Institute toward East Pleasant Street.
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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Circa 1920
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image/jpg
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English
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Folder: Mt. Pleasant Institute
Type
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Photographs
1920s
Mount Pleasant Institute
Social life
Sports
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Title
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Joel Martin Halpern Photograph Collection
Description
An account of the resource
Joel Martin Halpern (1929- ) has lived in Amherst since 1967 when he became a professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of Massachusetts. He has traveled widely and conducted extensive field research, including photographic documentation, of cultures in many countries. In accordance with his interest in visual anthropology, Halpern has taught courses on culture and film, exhibited his own photographs, and prepared documentary films.
The Halpern Photograph Collection consists of images, taken since 2005, of the landscape, architecture, and culture of Amherst and its neighboring towns. This is a growing collection of over 1,000 digital images.
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Digital photograph
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Title
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Shaolin Kung Fu of Amherst demonstration
Subject
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Fairs
Martial arts
Kung fu
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
An account of the resource
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 River."
Creator
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Halpern, Joel Martin
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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2008-06-21
Rights
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Rights held by Joel M. Halpern.
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Is part of the Joel Martin Halpern Photograph Collection, Jones Library Special Collections
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image/jpg
Language
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English
Identifier
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HAL2269
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photographs
2000s
Peoples of Amherst
Social life
Sports
Taste of Amherst
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Joel Martin Halpern Photograph Collection
Description
An account of the resource
Joel Martin Halpern (1929- ) has lived in Amherst since 1967 when he became a professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of Massachusetts. He has traveled widely and conducted extensive field research, including photographic documentation, of cultures in many countries. In accordance with his interest in visual anthropology, Halpern has taught courses on culture and film, exhibited his own photographs, and prepared documentary films.
The Halpern Photograph Collection consists of images, taken since 2005, of the landscape, architecture, and culture of Amherst and its neighboring towns. This is a growing collection of over 1,000 digital images.
Still Image
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Digital photograph
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Title
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Crowd watching martial arts demonstration at Taste of Amherst
Subject
The topic of the resource
Fairs
Crowds
Amherst (Mass.)
Description
An account of the resource
A crowd of people watch the Shaolin Kung Fu demonstration on the Amherst Town Common at the 2008 Taste of Amherst. Colorful food tents form the background of the photograph.
Creator
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Halpern, Joel Martin
Publisher
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Jones Library Special Collections
Date
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2008-06-21
Rights
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Rights held by Joel M. Halpern
Relation
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Is part of the Joel Martin Halpern Photograph Collection, Jones Library Special Collections
Format
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image/jpg
Language
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English
Identifier
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HAL2276
Type
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Photographs
2000s
Peoples of Amherst
Social life
Sports
Taste of Amherst