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WWI letter to Emily Gladys Bartlett
Apr 10, 1919
L01.021
Wirt's unit is about to go home: they were reviewed by Gen. John Pershing, the U.S. commander. By June, most of them will be home. But even though peace is at hand, the treaty that is about to be signed will lay traps for later generations. |
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Excerpts from the diary of Elsie M. Putnam
1888
L02.001
Elsie Putnam's diary describes the life of a single Deerfield, Massachusetts, woman in 1888, including a brief mention of the great Blizzard of that year. The diary gives a glimpse into the active life of a young woman of the Victorian era. |
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No.3A Folding Pocket Kodak Camera
1903-1915
2002.12
This folding pocket Kodak was one of the most popular cameras ever made by George Eastman's Rochester, New York, company. |
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"Artistic Picture Framing"
Jan 27, 1906
L02.036
In keeping with the Arts and Crafts movement's educational philosophy, Will Hutchins offers art theory as it relates to picture framing. |
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"Expansion of Deerfield Arts and Crafts"
Jun 23, 1906
L02.037
The 1906 arts and crafts exhibit in Deerfield, Massachusetts, included textiles from many distant lands, reflecting late 19th- and early 20th-century America?s fascination with the Far and Near East. |
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Cutting Ice
1973
1996.37.02.010
Ice plows were used to harvest ice in the 19th century. |
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Extracting Ice
1973
1996.37.02.012.b
Ice tongs lift harvest ice blocks from a frozen pond. |
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Navigating Cut Ice
1973
1996.37.02.012.c
The natural ice industry required a number of specialized tools like grapples and ice tongs. |
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Lifting Ice from the Water
1973
1996.37.02.012.d
Harvested ice blocks are guided through a channel cut in a frozen pond. |
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Ice Harvesting
1973
1996.37.02.013.d
Natural ice harvesting practices like this were used throughout the 19th century. |