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  • Tags: Changing Physical Landscape

Map_Amherst_1873_BW.jpg
Section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing much of Amherst including residences and landownership; businesses; cemeteries; schools; railroads. Includes inset of northern part of Amherst.

Birdseye_Amherst_1886.jpg
Panoramic lithograph of Amherst. Perspective map not drawn to scale.

autumnal_scenery.jpg
Lithograph created from the original painting by Orra White Hitchcock. View looking west from the Pelham Hills and showing East Village in the foreground, and the center of town and Amherst College in the background.

Map_NewEngland_1759.jpg
Hadley, Northampton, Hatfield, and Deerfield are portrayed.

English. Title in German. Some place names, terms, etc., also have German work supplied. From the author's Atlas geographicvs major. 1753-59 [i.e. 1784; v. 1, 1759] part of v. 1, part 2,…

View west from Mt Pleasant.jpg
View toward the west from the top of Mount Pleasant, looking out over an orchard.

lov0084_1.jpg
This photograph shows Northampton Road looking west and showing the residences of Professors Neill and Cowles and another house on the east side of the street.

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Panoramic view showing a portion of Amherst's hat factories, and the village of East Amherst, with the Pelham hills in the distance.

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View across a fenced field in the Woodside Avenue area. Scene looks over South Pleasant Street to College Hill and shows area houses.

lov0109.jpg
Winter view of College Hill from the northeast, showing East College dormitory and Stearns Church on the far left, and the old Amherst High School on Spring Street on the far right. This photograph was taken after 1873, when Stearns Church was built,…

lov0110.jpg
View of College Hill from the northeast, showing East College dormitory on the far left and the old Amherst High School on the far right with the Huntington house in the foreground before it. This photograph was taken after 1873, when Stearns Church…

lov0111.jpg
View of College Hill from the northeast, showing East College dormitory on the far left and the old Amherst High School on the far right. This photograph was taken before 1873, when Stearns Church was built next to East College.

lov0112.jpg
Arial view of College Hill from the north looking over treetops that block the view of Boltwood Avenue. A portion of the Town Common is visible in the lower right corner. East College dormitory, torn down 1883, can be seen next to Stearns Church on…

lov0113.jpg
View across a grassy meadow in the Woodside Avenue/Snell Street area over South Pleasant Street to College Hill.

lov0114.jpg
View of College Hill as seen from northeast. East College dormitory, razed in 1883, can be seen to the right of Stearns Church on the left. The other college buildings are also visible.

lov0237.jpg
View toward the Pelham hills and East Village. East College dormitory at Amherst College is visible in the foreground with Stearns Chapel steeple rising behind it.
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