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Image of several tiny islands, each with a house on it and several boats moored between the shore and the islands. A group of people are sitting in a boat going towards the islands and boats.

Hudson Maxim sitting with a girl, possibly his granddaughter Doris, on his lap as they are looking at each other.

Deed from Ebenezer Kellogg of Hadley to Nathaniel Smith of Hadley conveying tract of land in the second division of the Third Precinct (now Amherst).

View toward the west from the top of Mount Pleasant, looking out over an orchard.

Procession of Civil War veterans marching north on South Pleasant Street. They are preceded by a band and marshall and followed by a group of women or children and a group of carriages pulled by horses. This is probably a Memorial Day event which…

Civil War veterans standing at attention on the east side of the Town Common. This is probably a Memorial Day event which followed a similar program for many years: speeches in the schools, speeches at various locations in area towns where the local…

Photograph of poet Robert Francis in a suit and jacket, wearing a tie

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.

Photograph of two women looking at vegetables at the Amherst Common Market (now known as the Farmers' Market) in Amherst, Massachusetts

Color photograph of vendors with food carts on the sidewalk near Unitarian Universalist Society. One vendor sells burritos and the other sells apples and juices.

Memorial Day activities at War Memorial Recreation Area. The wading pool is in the foreground and there are several groups of people in an open area by the building.

Aerial view of the center of Amherst, Massachusetts including Amity, Main, North Pleasant, and South Pleasant Streets. The Jones Library, Town Hall, West Cemetery, and Town Common are all visible.

The John W. Burgess room in Jones Library, with Mrs. Barber in May 1969.

The winning entry from the Sixth National Italic Handwriting Competition features "Watching Gymnasts," a poem by Robert Francis. Wendy Larson of Portland, Oregon won first prize.

Amherst center district school that was probably attended by Emily Dickinson and her siblings.