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Robert Frost with Charles R. Green
Charles R. Green showing Robert Frost a book in the Frost Room at the Jones Library.
A crofter piling peat on the Isle of Skye in Scotland
A woman wearing a dress and headscarf piles cubes of peat outside her thatch-roofed cottage.
Amateur Rocketeer Club, July 16, 1969
Dow Holden and Raymond Cicia, members of a club of amateur rocketeers in East Amherst, ignite a solid-fuel rocket from a launch pad near Dow's home on Main St in Amherst.
Amherst Common Market, July 10, 1976
Photograph of two women looking at vegetables at the Amherst Common Market (now known as the Farmers' Market) in Amherst, Massachusetts
Mrs. Barber in the John W. Burgess Room at The Jones Library
The John W. Burgess room in Jones Library, with Mrs. Barber in May 1969.
Marsh House being relocated in 1989
Mar 23, 1989, moving #109 Main St. to new site enar the rail road opposite Sweetser park. Police Chief D m Maia in black hat. Masonic Hall, Town Hall in background.
Front entranceway of the Jones Library
This photograph shows the front entranceway of the Jones Library. The back of the library (prior to the 1993 renovation) is visible through the archway.
North Amherst Library
Turn of the century view of the library. The building is a small, clapboard Queen Anne style structure and was designed by Roswell F. Putnam of Leverett. Montague Road and Sunderland Road are dirt.
Caption on back: "North Amherst Library, built…
Caption on back: "North Amherst Library, built…
South Amherst Fourth of July Parade
Photograph of the South Amherst Fourth of July parade with a girl riding a horse holding a American flag and wearing an eagle as a hat. Other costumed children are in the background
Tammy and Susan Stanley assisted by their father, John Stanley, ride down Potwine Lane in South Amherst on Sunday afternoon
Photograph of John Stanley walking beside his daughters, Tammy and Susan, who are riding ponies. They are on Potwine Street in South Amherst. A dog can be seen standing in the background.
Ray Stannard Baker in front of the Jones Library
Charles Green, Paul Harris, and Ray Stannard Baker stand in front of the Jones Library in 1935
Charles Green, Paul Harris, and Ray Stannard Baker in front of the Jones Library in 1935
Charles Green, Paul Harris, and Ray Stannard Baker stand in front of the Jones Library in 1935. A placard listing upcoming events is partially visible behind Baker.
Picnic at Puffer's Pond, Amherst
Photograph of people picnicking at Puffer's Pond in Amherst. Image was either taken, used, or both in the early 1980's.
Tally board from the Jones Library inventory, January 1977
Daily tally board, in the periodical lounge, during the January 1977 inventory of the Jones Library
Story Hour in the Amherst House
While the Jones Library was housed at the Amherst House these children enjoyed story hour.