This glass negative shows a group of Springfield College students standing on the Wilbraham Hills (an area that, in the 19th century, was also known as the Springfield Mountains).
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Notes:
They are participating in the Chestnut Hunt, an annual Springfield College event held in October. On this day, classes are canceled and the students travel to the hills in order to gather chestnuts and apples. Although they originally rode in an ice wagon to the base of Wilbraham Hills, the students began taking a car in 1903. In 1906, the Chestnut Hunt was moved to Mount Tom in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The Chestnut Hunt is only referenced in The Association Seminar between 1901 and 1907, and it seems likely that the tradition was soon discontinued.
There is a related photograph, SC21343, that can be seen here: http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/8294 ;
