State Street in Cushman village section of Amherst
View of houses on State Street in the Cushman area of North Amherst.
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Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
View of the center of North Amherst village on North Pleasant Street, which is unpaved.
This brick building, located at the intersection of Shays and Middle Streets, and Pomeroy Lane, was once the South Amherst post office.
Watching the rope pull, Massachusetts Agricultural College
A crowd watches a game of tug of war between freshman and sophomore classes at the pond of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Hockey game on the Massachusetts Agricultural College pond
Students play ice hockey on the Massachusetts Agricultural College pond.
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. Horse belonged to John Musante." Thomas W. Smith was Amherst town clerk from 1912 to 1930. Many parades in the nineteeth century had a "horribles" section consisting of people wearing funny and grotesque costumes.
Tug of war at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Aerial display over Pratt Field at Amherst College
Display of flying vehicles over Pratt Field during a baseball game, which includes zeppelins, hot air balloons, and early airplanes. The caption on the photograph reads, "High times on Pratt Field. Cheer for old Amherst."
Letter from Amherst College student to his sister
Fourth of July celebrations; Brothers and sisters Amherst (Mass.)
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.
Folder: Packard, Abel Kingman--Correspondence
Amherst Academy (Amherst, Mass.) Amherst (Mass.)
Catalog that includes lists of trustees, teachers, and students. Also includes lists of textbooks and general information about the school.
Military drill performance on the Massachusetts Agricultural College fields. Soldiers are lined up in rows.
Recording of Robert Francis reciting his poetry
Sound recording of Robert Francis reciting his poems "Hay Heaviness", "Dwight", and "The Gypsy Moth Man".
Recording of Robert Francis reciting "Pumpkin Man"
Sound recording of Robert Francis reciting his poem "Pumpkin Man."
A map of Amherst with a view of the College and Mount Pleasant Institution
Full title: A map of Amherst. With a view of the College and Mount Pleasant Institution. By Alonzo Gray & Charles B. Adams. Amherst College, May 1833. Pendleton's Lithography, Boston. Pendleton's Lithography published many Massachusetts town plans starting with Lynn and Saugus in 1829 and continuing to 1836. The plans had been drawn at the request of the State Legislature to facilitate the making of an accurate map of the state, which was eventually published by Borden in 1844. The town plans are some of the earliest published using lithography. This map of Amherst is especially attractive, with a large view of the College and Mount Pleasant Institution. Notable property owners are shown, including Prof. Hitchcock and E. Dickinson (the father of Emily Dickinson). Shows also churches, schools, houses, factories, mills, hotels, woodland, alluvial land, ponds, etc. Relief shown by hachures. With black top and bottom rollers. Map is without color. Description courtesy of the David Rumsey Collection.
David Rumsey Map Collection
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