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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.…

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.

View of the flag pole with waving American flag which was dedicated on the Town Common on July 4, 1899. Photograph probably taken from a building in Merchants' Row. Written in the Amherst Record of June 28, 1899, "For the first time in many years…

View of the very grassy south end of the Town Common with the Amherst College Octagon and other college buildings, and the end of Boltwood Avenue, visible in the background. Stated in "The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts" by Carpenter…

View of the sunken, grassy, and fenced-in south end of the Town Common with Amherst College's College Hill in the background. Stated in "The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts" by Carpenter and Morehouse: "North of College Hill the common…

View looking south from Boltwood Avenue (on the left) across the Town Common and down South Pleasant Street.

View of the Town Common with the trees empty of foliage, a drinking fountain in the middle, and a wagon with large spoked wheels in the foreground. Boltwood Avenue is visible southward from Grace Episcopal Church.

Aerial view of the crowded Town Common after the Amherst House fire of July 4, 1879. The Amherst Record of July 9, 1879 stated, "The scene on the common about daylight was a novel one. Everything from the stores had been carried there, and deposited…

View of the length of Town Common from north to south. Boltwood Avenue is on the left and South Pleasant Street on the right.

View of the Town Common in summer with Boltwood Avenue on the left and a drinking water fountain in the foreground.

Looking south on South Pleasant Street with a view of the Town Common on the left and the Amherst College Octagon Building in the background.

View north across the Town Common with College Street (dirt) in the foreground and Phoenix Row in the background. Boltwood Avenue is visible on the right.

View of a section of Town Common with Grace Episcopal Church and rectory in the background and a footpath in the foreground. There is an unidentified square next to the footpath.

House on Sunset Avenue built by Edward W. Carpenter (foreground) with a view of the adjacent house in the background.

View of a dam showing the spillway, possibly the dam at Factory Hollow Pond (now Puffers Pond).