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A view of a bank with water on the right and a steep hill in the background with trees and shrubbery growing on the hill. The caption reads: "Wolfe's Cave where the English army climbed to the Plains of Abraham"

A group of white men on horses with numerous hunting dogs around them preparing for a hunt. Two men walk towards them across the road from the right and a forest is visible on the right in the background.

Pen and ink illustration of a woman carrying a child. The child wears a hat and the woman carries her hat behind her.

Image of woman posing in front of brick building, wearing a plaid dress with tie belt.

A young woman (possibly Emma McQueston, Mrs. Robert) stands by a partially-open door in an elaborate doorway looking outside. Porter house, West St., possibly the oldest house, 1713. (February 2022 - Identified as 26 West Street.)

A woman looking at cards in an open card catalog drawer

Group portrait of young women with two men and one child. Some of the women are holding books. This could be a young ladies school or a summer school.

Three women stand on a pathway next to a building at Smith College. Two more women stand by a door on a porch.

Wooden sculpture outside the entrance to the Fauve Gallery, an art gallery which operated on the second floor at 18 Main Street for five years beginning in 1985.

A large wooden structure near water with a dock stretching out. One man stands holding a barrel while another holds a long pole.

Two white men talk near a pair of oxen, on of the man leaning on an ox. Both hold long rods and whips in their hands. Forested area is in the middle ground and other cattle stand in the middle ground.

A large two story farmhouse with two chimneys standing on a slight hill. A large woodpile is on the left side of the house with some bare trees, a wagon, some barrels, and a doghouse completing the scene. A river is partly visible in the background…

From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The building stands upon the site of the first meeting-house of the First Congregational Society The Cabinet and the Observatory were built in 1847 at a cost of $9000, which was raised by…

From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The building stands upon the site of the first meeting-house of the First Congregational Society The Cabinet and the Observatory were built in 1847 at a cost of $9000, which was raised by…

A view of a wooden floor of a house with wood finish wall and short door on right and wallpaper on the left wall with an open door leading to a dining room. A rifle rests in the corner. The caption on the front reads: "Woodwork at side of fireplace…