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Winter fun on Mount Pleasant Hill in Amherst
Children skiing and sledding down the hill in front of Mount Pleasant Institute toward East Pleasant Street.
Amherst Roller Rink advertising card
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.
Ice hockey at Massachusetts Agricultural College
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…
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…
Aerial display over Pratt Field at Amherst College
Display of flying vehicles over Pratt Field during a baseball game, which includes zeppelins, hot air balloons, and early airplanes. The caption on the photograph reads, "High times on Pratt Field. Cheer for old Amherst."
Tug of war at Massachusetts Agricultural College
A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Tug of war at Massachusetts Agricultural College
A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Hockey game on the Massachusetts Agricultural College pond
Students play ice hockey on the Massachusetts Agricultural College pond.
Watching the rope pull, Massachusetts Agricultural College
A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Mill Pond at Cushman, North Amherst, Mass.
View of a young boy fishing at Mill Pond in Cushman. The pond was at the corner of State Street and East Leverett Road and was the water source for the mills downstream, including the Roberts mill.
East College dormitory at Amherst College
View of East College dormitory before the completion of Stearns Chapel in 1873. There is a group of students in front playing baseball.
Early baseball game at Massachusetts Agricultural College
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…
Amherst College grandstand on Pratt Field
The proposal for Pratt Field and grandstand, located on Northampton Road, was initiated, and the cost met, in 1890 by Frederic B. Pratt of the class of 1887. The grandstand was built in 1891 and had a seating capacity of around four hundred. It also…
Pratt Gymnasium at Amherst College
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…
Barrett Gymnasium at Amherst College
This building was erected in 1860, and was named for Dr. Benjamin Barrett, a large contributor to the fund for its construction. Amherst was the first College to introduce gymnastic exercise as a part of regular College work.
A game in the field
A group of children playing (cricket?) in the field by the school house. Mount Tom visible in the background. The teacher is Miss Lawrence and the children are Eleanor Johnson, Norman Barstow, Peggy Lyman, Richard Thayer, and Warren Johnson.