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Phoenix Row with American House Block in Amherst
View of Phoenix Row as seen from the corner of Amity and South Pleasant Streets. Cook's Block, the brick building on the left, was built about 1840. The upper floors were partially rebuilt after a fire in 1881. Other business blocks (from left to…
Amherst House hotel and business block
View looking west on Main Street and showing a section of Merchants' Row and the second incarnation of the Amherst House. Businesses shown in the Amherst House block include E. R. Clark, Deuel's Drug Store, a clothes shop, and Amherst E-O Store.…
Three bridges over the Connecticut River in Hadley
View of the three bridges crossing the Connecticut River from Hadley to Northampton at the turn of the century. They were the trolley bridge, the old highway bridge, and the Boston and Maine Railroad bridge which is now part of the Norwottuck Rail…
Trolley at the Notch in South Amherst
View of a trolley car running through the pass at the Notch in South Amherst.
Advertising card for Edgar R. Bennett business in Amherst
This trade card advertises the optical business which was run by Edgar R. Bennett from sometime in the 1880s through 1903. Bennett was a watchmaker, jeweler, optician, and bicycle agent. His shop was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street.
Trolley station at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst
Old station on North Pleasant Street at Massachusetts Agricultural College where passengers could wait for the trolley during inclement weather.
Amherst Roller Rink advertising card
Trade card for the Amherst Roller Rink, a roller-skating establishment which was located in Palmer Hall (today the site of Amherst Town Hall) in the 1880s.
Hills Company hat factory in Amherst
View of the Hills Company hat factory which became one of the largest hat manufacturers in the United States. These buildings were constructed on the east side of the New London Northern Railroad tracks after the first factory was consumed by fire in…
Latest styles in hats advertising card
Trade card advertising the Amherst business of J. M. Waite & Son, a hatter and outfitter for gentlemen, whose establishment was located in Cook's Block, Phoenix Row, in the late 1880s.
Hockanum Ferry by moonlight, Northampton, Mass.
View of a ferry crossing the Connecticut River from Northampton to Hockanum in Hadley with Mount Holyoke in the background.
Mrs. Musante, peanuts, fruit and candy, Amherst, Mass.
View showing Candida Musante beside the stand that became an Amherst institution. She and her husband (known as "Peanut John") ran a little shop out of Cutler's Block on South Pleasant Street. The Musantes emigrated from Italy, arriving in Amherst in…
Cat-astrophe advertising card
Trade card advertising the Amherst business of F. H. Howes, a grocer located in Merchants' Row in the 1880s. The cartoon on the card illustrates Victorian humor.
Barns and cattle shed at Massachusetts Agricultural College
View of several barns located in a field planted with rows of corn on the Massachusetts Agricultural College campus.
Petition for the name of Amherst
This is a letter of petition to Thomas Pownall, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts. John Nash, Isaac Ward, and Nehimieh Dickinson propose that the new town that is separating from Hadley should be named after Baron Jeffery Amherst.
Map of Amherst, 1873
Section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing much of Amherst including residences and landownership; businesses; cemeteries; schools; railroads. Includes inset of northern part of Amherst.