Members of the first class of the Massachusetts Agricultural College gather on the steps of a house 46 years later. Handwritten note on back identifies the men. From left, front row: Jabez Fisher, Willard Ware, Robert Lyman, Gideon Allen, Edwin Smead. From left, middle row: Lilley Caswell, George Woolson, Homer Cowles, William Russell, Edgar Thompson, George Leonard. From left, top row: Loring Crocker Jr., William Birnie, William Wheeler, Samuel Richmond, Albert King. Loring Crocker Jr. and Albert King were non-graduates. "Class of 1871, October 1917" also handwritten on back.
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