Mrs. Musante, peanuts, fruit and candy

Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940

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 1880s.

Before 1924-00-00

Photograph; Postcard

3 x 5 in.

Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940, "Mrs. Musante, peanuts, fruit and candy," in Digital Amherst, Item #37, http://www.digitalamherst.org/items/show/37 (accessed February 4, 2012).

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Still Image

Street vendors

Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.

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