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Winter fun at Mt Pleasant.jpg
Children skiing and sledding down the hill in front of Mount Pleasant Institute toward East Pleasant Street.

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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.

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View of Thomas W. Smith sitting in a cart holding the reins attached to a horse. Written on back: "Thomas W. Smith as he appeared in the Horribles Section of the parade at the Flag Pole dedication. Picture taken at rear of 31 North Prospect Street.…

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Trade card for the Amherst Roller Rink, a roller-skating establishment which was located in Palmer Hall (today the site of Amherst Town Hall) in the 1880s.

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A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.

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A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.

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A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.

amherstcollege_letter_18450704_6e869fd33b.pdf
A letter from Amherst College student Abel Packard, to sister Lucy, about Fourth of July activities around Amherst, and other details about life as a student at the college.

AmherstRecordHomeAlmanac1877Resized.pdf
Almanac "containing matters of local interest, local business announcements...also some pages of miscellaneous reading." Includes a chronology of notable events (both local and national) for 1876, Amherst marriages and deaths for the year, statistics…

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Small group of spectators watching a juggler perform on the Town Common.

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Three young girls on a ride at the 1987 Amherst Community Fair.

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Two of the childrens' rides, surrounded by people, at the 1987 Amherst Community Fair.

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Fortune teller with a client at the 1987 Amherst Community Fair.

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Buttons for sale at a booth at the 1984 Amherst Community Fair.

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View of the Epiphyllum Hookeri (night-blooming cactus) photographed with magnesium light.

"There were parties to watch the rare night-blooming cereus unfold. It was not so uncommon in Amherst as in other places because of the Agricultural College.…
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