social contact at the age of twenty three and devoted herself to her secret poetry writing. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. There she spent most of her life living in the house built in 1813 by her grandfather, Samuel Fowler Dickinson. His part in founding Amherst College in 1821 began the family tradition of public service continued by Dickinson's father Edward and her brother Austin. All men in the Dickinson family were attorneys at law and the Dickinson home
An outstanding example of such “simple pleasures” enjoyed by these East Siders is seen in Jerome’s beautifully rendered oil painting Street Carousel, 1906 [fig. 68], a theme Myers depicted in watercolor as early as 1903 and echoed in an oil pastel that must also date to circa 1906 as that pastel and the oil painting are nearly identical. The lighter palette used imparts a lyrical charm to the streetscape, transforming the depressed neighborhood into a magical place. Brick facades reflect a pearly
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