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Phoenix Row in 1867
East end of Phoenix Row on Main Street in Amherst showing the building which housed the studio of John L. Lovell on the right. There is a horse and wagon in the street and a clock outside one of the shops.
Paper mill in North Amherst
Paper mill on the Mill River in North Amherst.
Construction of First Congregational Church in Amherst
Construction of the First Congregational Church on Main Street in the winter of 1867. This building was the fourth meetinghouse constructed by the congregation. Edward Dickinson (Emily's father) gave a speech at its dedication.
Mount Pleasant Hill and Institute in Amherst
Looking up Mount Pleasant Hill toward Mount Pleasant Institute. The hill is labeled "Nash Hill" on the photograph.
Winter fun on Mount Pleasant Hill in Amherst
Children skiing and sledding down the hill in front of Mount Pleasant Institute toward East Pleasant Street.
Jackson & Cutler store interior
Interior of the shop belonging to Jackson & Cutler which was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street in Amherst. On the back of the photograph is the statement that this shop is now the back room of A. J. Hasting's.
Advertisement for Jackson & Cutler's shop in Amherst
Advertisement for the firm of Jackson & Cutler which succeeded the firm of George Cutler & Co. in 1884. The store sold clothing and related articles. The women drawn in the ad have a feminine, wasp-waisted, Gibson Girl look.
Union Lecture Course broadside
Broadside advertising a lecture by George W. Mansfield of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, which merged with Edison General Electric Company in 1892 to become General Electric Company. The lecture was part of the Union Lecture Course.
View west from Mount Pleasant
View toward the west from the top of Mount Pleasant, looking out over an orchard.
Thayer Street house
View of the house and yard at 37 Thayer Street. The house was built about 1927.
View east toward Ward Street houses
Looking east across Thayer Street toward houses on Ward Street. Two dogs sit on the grass in the foreground.
David Grayson's elm
This is the elm tree on the lot opposite the Ray Stannard Baker house on Sunset Avenue in Amherst. He purchased the meadow in order to save the tree. About the elm he wrote, "It is content. It does not weep with remorse over its past, nor tremble for…
Ray Stannard Baker harvesting fruit
Ray Stannard Baker harvesting apples (or quince) from one of the fruit trees on his property in Amherst.
Portrait of Ray Stannard Baker
Portrait of Ray Stannard Baker, American author, who also wrote under the pen name of David Grayson.
Mount Pleasant Classical Institute in Amherst
This institution offered boys a classical education and was a well-known school throughout the Connecticut Valley and beyond in the 1830s. The school closed around 1836 and remained empty for awhile. The wings were removed to other areas of town. One…