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Postcard sent to Charles R. Green at The Jones Library from Robert Francis while Francis was traveling in Rome, Italy. Francis thanks Green for his bon voyage card, wishes him a happy new year, and reports that he has "found Frost in three libraries:…

Jumble of posters and various hand made advertisements taped to a wall in the center of Amherst.

A mail carrier stands holding a box and letters in his hands looking down while a woman standing in the door of a house looks on and a girl stands rubbing her eye.

Building in North Amherst housing Potter's Collision Repair.

Two women in a room with pottery equipment. Caption on reverse reads, "Arts and Crafts @ Jones Library."

A path splitting trees and tall grasses extending away from the camera. Dark clouds loom overhead.

This building was completed in 1884, and cost $68,000. It received its name in honor of Mr. Charles M. Pratt, of the class of 1879, through whose generosity it was erected. The first floor contained the office of the Professor of Hygiene and Physical…

A woman standing by an entrance to a house scraping corn on a board resting on a table. A boy stands behind her, near a barrel, looking up at her.

A man stands by a table and barrel holding a fish while a young man stands next to the barrel. A wheelbarrow stands in front of them and other men work behind them. Town buildings are visible in the background.

View of a group of men and teenage boys processing fish in a small square. Piles of fish are laid out on tables. One man appears to be scraping the fish while a boy waits with a long-handled spoon, ready to pour something over the fish. The are…

Two boys, identified as Roger and Arthur Johnson, stand by a horse on a day in spring, ready for a parade celebrating the end of the war. One is wearing a white shirt, tie, frock coat, white pants, riding boots and a top hat. He is holding a whip.…

Two barefoot black girls and one barefoot black boy prepare a boat for a voyage. One of the girls stands in the front bailing out water, while the second is sitting on an oar in the back. The boy is standing at the shore looking at the girl bailing…

A woman sits on a chair by a window with a bowl on her lap paring apples. A second chair with another bowl stands in front of her. There is a fireplace next to her with a kettle and a bucket hanging over a fire.

A white man shapes a log with an axe. There are wood shavings on the ground around him. Piles of logs are on the right and behind him. Multiple wooden building stand in the background with some trees growing behind them. Caption on reverse reads "NY…

Image of presidentn A.L. Hardy, seated at desk, placed at center of multiple book shelves. Noted as: North End Pres. A.L. Hardy at desk, town hall 1921, Library at Town Hall 1921.