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View of Paige's Livery Stable, next to the Amity Street School, with horses, employees, and the Amherst House stagecoach with driver. This building became the Amherst Theater. Stated in The Village of Amherst, a Landmark of Light, by Frank Prentice …

Elbridge Kingsley sitting on a stool in front of an easel painting a ruined house before him.

A white man stands on top of a ladder painting a side of a house. Two other buildings, one made of stone, the other of wood, stand on the left. Trees grow in the background.

A man stands by a hull of a large ship resting on the shore painting its side. The anchor hanging off the side seems to be about the same height as the man.

A white boy kneels in front of a wheel of a buggy, painting it with a brush. A small girl stands next to him holding a little container. A second boy stands near holding a wooden paddle. A pail stands on the ground between them. A farm building is in…

Close-up of Palladian window, viewed from the back garden

View of the block which stood on the site where Town Hall now stands. It burned to the ground during the Blizzard of 1888. It was often referred to as the "Opera House" due to the large hall on the third floor which was the venue for concerts and…

View of the block which stood on the site where Town Hall now stands. It burned to the ground during the Blizzard of 1888. It was often referred to as the "Opera House" due to the large hall on the third floor which was the venue for concerts and…

View of the block which stood on the site where Town Hall now stands. It burned to the ground during the Blizzard of 1888. It was often referred to as the "Opera House" due to the large hall on the third floor which was the venue for concerts and…

This business block is called Palmer Block and is where Emily Dickinson's father and brother operated their law firm. Written on verso: "C.J.W. from Mother Dec. 25, 1875."

Pen and ink illustration of a girl tossing an object, likely a rock, onto the ground. There is a picket fence behind her.

Printer's proof of "Palualays" illustration.

Paper mill on the Mill River in North Amherst.

A view of Paradise Pond at Smith College from the shadow of trees which frame the photograph. The Smith College Boathouse and Crew House can be seen across the pond.

Looking south across the fenced Town Common toward Amherst College. Written on verso: "Common enclosed with fence 1860 -- see Hampshire Franklin Express 6/15/1860 p.2."