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Phoenix Row in 1867
East end of Phoenix Row on Main Street in Amherst showing the building which housed the studio of John L. Lovell on the right. There is a horse and wagon in the street and a clock outside one of the shops.
Paper mill in North Amherst
Paper mill on the Mill River in North Amherst.
Jackson & Cutler store interior
Interior of the shop belonging to Jackson & Cutler which was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street in Amherst. On the back of the photograph is the statement that this shop is now the back room of A. J. Hasting's.
Advertisement for Jackson & Cutler's shop in Amherst
Advertisement for the firm of Jackson & Cutler which succeeded the firm of George Cutler & Co. in 1884. The store sold clothing and related articles. The women drawn in the ad have a feminine, wasp-waisted, Gibson Girl look.
Union Lecture Course broadside
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.
Two mills on Mill River in Amherst
View of mills in the Cushman section of North Amherst. Written on verso: "The "Forge", later the "Bunghole"; used to forge "frogs" for railroad construction; on south bank of Mill River shortly west of bridge. "
North Amherst mill and pond
View of a mill, dam, and pond at Puffers Pond in North Amherst. Written on verso: "Paper mill No. Amherst. "
First National Bank of Amherst
This is the old First National Bank building on Main Street, designed by William Fenno Pratt and built in 1864. The building was home to S. K. Orr Apothecary as well as the bank. In 1891, First National Bank moved to the center of town and took up…
Palmer Block in Amherst
This business block is called Palmer Block and is where Emily Dickinson's father and brother operated their law firm. Written on verso: "C.J.W. from Mother Dec. 25, 1875."
West end of Phoenix Row in Amherst
Early view of Phoenix Row business blocks. Written on verso: "Before 1873-no gaslights; shows Charles Deuel store, Deuel's store in Amherst House Block by 1886 according to town directory."
West end of Phoenix Row in Amherst
View of upper Phoenix Row on Main Street in Amherst with awnings on some of the store fronts. Written on verso: "I work right where I made the two marks; gas lamps put in 1873, out by 1894."
View west on Main Street toward the Amherst House hotel
View up Main Street when it was a dirt road. The Amherst House hotel is visible in the background.
Business blocks on Merchants' Row in Amherst
View south on South Pleasant Street with Merchants' Row on the right.
Business blocks on Merchants' Row in Amherst
View north on South Pleasant Street with Merchants' Row on the left and horses with wagons tied up along the road.
Merchants' Row in Amherst from the Town Common
Merchants' Row (also known as Commercial Row) viewed from the grassy Town Common with the first Amherst House on the right.