Today we’re taking a quick peek at the Amherst of 120 years ago. William J. Newlin was a student at Amherst College from 1895 to 1899, he later returned as a Mathematics and Philosophy professor and taught here for nearly fifty years. We have a handful of glass plate negatives that Newlin took as a student and that now reside in our photograph collection. Followed by the photographs of Allan W. Forbes a mere ten years later, these images tell an interesting story about life at Amherst College a little more than 100 years ago.
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The Octagon, 1896
Appleton Hall, 1896
Fayerweather Hall, known at the time as the Physics Lab, 1896
Inside of 30 South College, a student dormitory room, 1896
Inside of 30 South College, a student dormitory room, 1896
Inside of 30 South College, a student dormitory room, 1896
A view from the window of 30 South College, 1896
A view from the window of 30 South College, 1896
South College, 1897
Known at the time as College Grove, now known as the Freshman Quad, this image also shows the college well directly behind Johnson Chapel, 1896
Labeled “Three Jacks”, this image shows three students on the steps of a store, 1897
Members of Psi Upsilon prepared for a Mountain Day outing, 1897
Students in the parlor of an unidentified fraternity house, 1897
Walker Hall, 1898
Students on their way to the Amherst train station to see Doc Hitchcock off, January 25, 1898
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