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Two stone, thatched-roof buildings stand in the middle ground with two haystacks and a tree growing on the left. Crops grow on the field in the foreground with some mountains visible on the left in the background.

A woman walking across a yard towards laundry hanging on a line. A perpendicular laundry line is on her right. Some white linen rests on the ground. A house stands in the middle ground with two roof windows and two chimneys. Shrubs and trees grow in…

A stream filled with stones going towards a stone arched bridge. A man walks up the right bank and a second man is visible through the bridge. A wooden fence is on the left and houses are visible in the middle ground on the left.

A view of a street with stone buildings on both sides of the road. People stand on both sides of the street.

A view of a house with three roof windows and three chimneys. A pile of sticks and branches rests in front of the house with a roofed stone storage area on the left and another farm building on the right. Trees grow near the buildings and hills are…

A woman holding a child sits in a chair near a fireplace. A pot hangs in the fireplace and two other pots rest on the floor. The caption identifies the location as Auchnafauld.

A view of a fireplace with one kettle hanging and two resting on the floor. There is a clock, a camera, and a number of candlesticks, some with candles, on the mantelpiece. Pictures hang above it.

Two women, a girl, and a man stand in front of a house looking at a poster hanging by the entrance. Horse-drawn carriages stand by the road and a bicycle stands nearer the camera. A wooden fence is on the left in the foreground with greenery…

A view of an arch stone medieval bridge over a river in the middle ground with trees covering the shore on both sides and some rocks separate the water from the shore in the foreground on the right.

A copy of the Act to establish a Town Manager form of Government in Amherst. The Act was accepted in the town election of 16 February 1953 by a vote of 779 to 766. (From Report of the Board of Selectman, Amherst Annual Report, 1953)

A set of rules and regulations created to maintain order during town meeting, included as the first section of the 1902 Annual Report for the Town of Amherst

A copy of the first by-laws created by the Town of Amherst, accepted and adopted at Town Meeting on 25 April 1868.

The ballot from the 7 March 1938 Amherst Town Election. It lists various town positions as well as the question about Amherst moving from open to limited town meetings by the change to representative town government.

Dwight E. Newport and probably Ralph Elwin Newport standing before a brick building. Both boys are smartly dressed and hold what appear to be newspapers.

A certificate awarded to the town for achieving "First Place in Increase of [Voter] Registration", in population category 10,001-25,000, in the nationwide 'Votingest City Competition'. The contest was staged as part of the United States Bicentennial…