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Postcard to Mrs. Edward Wirt
Jul 7, 1918
L01.023
The form postcard was apparently an effort to reassure families of servicemen in the United States that their sons and husbands had arrived safely in a foreign country. |
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Share of the Canada-Cuba Land and Fruit Company, Limited
Jan 1, 1906
L01.030
Charles Hart Ashley (1860-1925) bought $700 worth of stock in the Canada-Cuba Land and Fruit Company in 1905. |
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Reward of Merit to Luella May
c. 1875
L01.054
In the 19th century it was customary for teachers to reward promising pupils with personalized "rewards of merit" for work well done. |
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Reward of Merit to Luella May
c. 1875
L01.055
In the 19th century it was customary for teachers to reward promising pupils with personalized "rewards of merit" for work well done. |
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Reward of Merit to Luella May
c. 1875
L01.056
In the 19th century it was customary for teachers to reward promising pupils with personalized "rewards of merit" for work well done. |
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Reward of Merit to Luella May
c. 1875
L01.057
In the 19th century it was customary for teachers to reward promising pupils with personalized "rewards of merit" for work well done. |
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"Washington Ball"
Feb 12, 1844
L01.063
A Washington's Day celebration was held in Deerfield in February, 1844. The veneration of George Washington began even before his death and the day quickly became one of the nation's first holidays. |
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"Junior Exhibition"
Apr 14, 1830
L01.064
High schools and colleges held annual displays of their students' talents. They often issued invitations like this one from 1830, held at Washington College in Connecticut. |
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Teacher Certificate
Nov 29, 1858
L01.066
The school committee from Deerfield, Massachusetts, gave Sarah M. Briggs a certificate to teach in 1854. By then, three times more women than men taught in schools. |
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License for Bee Hives
Sep 11, 1862
L01.068
Ruggles Torrey of Maine created a new beehive, the "Maine State Bee Hive," in 1859, and a farmer, Josiah Gale, bought a license to use it on his farm in 1862. |