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Starting for school
Margaret Johnson Rutter stands on the stone slab steps of the Oscar Johnson farmhouse in Hockanum holding a lunch pail in one hand and two books in the other. There is a bucket next to her and a broom by the steps. She is in the pantalet period…
At the schoolhouse door
Margaret Johnson, Clifton Johnson's daughter, standing at the steps of the double door to the brick Hockanum schoolhouse, carrying a book and her lunch pail. She is in period dress wearing a bonnet.
The reading lesson
Margaret Johnson, Clifton Johnson's daughter, standing in front of the blackboard in the Hockanum schoolhouse reading from a book. She is in period dress. An unfinished multiplication problem is on the board behind her.
Multiplication is vexation
A girl, identified as Margaret Johnson Rutter, daughter of Clifton Johnson, stands by the blackboard of the Hockanum schoolhouse working out a math problem. She is in period dress.
To my valentine
Valentine's Day card sent by Hazel Goodale Bullock when she was a young girl (1910-1914). The card has the words "To my valentine" at the top and has a picture of a red heart with a young girl holding a gift and cards. At the bottom it reads "if I…
A man stands outside Lodestone, Charles Eastman's residence in Amherst, Massachusetts
A man in a white linen summer suit stands outside Lodestone on Belchertown Road in Amherst. The Eastman family lived at this location from 1911 to 1919. Eastman authored most of his published books during the family's time in Amherst.
Message from Massachusetts Agricultural College
An appeal from Kenyon L. Butterfield, president of Massachusetts Agricultural College, calling for young people to come and learn to become leaders in the open country. Includes sections named A Call for Leaders, The Country Boy's Creed, and A Public…
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.
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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…
Summer view of Massachusetts Agricultural Campus pond
Scenic view of the pond at Mass Aggie surrounded by nicely landscaped trees and shrubs. A small island is visible in the middle and a group of students relax at the edge.
Pelham Hills from Stearns Chapel at Amherst College
Long view across open land east to the Pelham Hills from the hill on which Stearns Chapel stood.
School house in South Amherst
View of the small brick school house in South Amherst, which later became the East Street Alternative High School, part of the Amherst Regional School system.
School house in North Amherst
Brick schoolhouse in North Amherst which became the Amherst Survival Center.
The Perry Hotel in Amherst
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Formerly known as the Prospect House, this building is still standing on the corner of Amity and North Prospect Streets. Two stories were added and it was covered with stucco since its previous incarnation. It has also been known as Drake's Hotel,…
"The Line" at Massachusetts Agricultural College
View of a line of students walking across a snow covered landscape away from the College Chapel. It looks as though they've walked across the frozen campus pond.
Kellogg Avenue Grammar School in Amherst
Brick school house on Kellogg Avenue.