Highlights : Art : Photographs

Subcategory Photographs contains 26 item(s).

	"Pilgrim's Progress" c. 1910 1996.14.0244 Frances and Mary Allen costumed and carefully posed a young boy reading "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan in this Colonial Revival photograph.
	Frances Stebbins Allen (1854-1941) c. 1906 1996.14.0255.01-.02 Critics identified Frances Allen (1854-1941) and her sister Mary Allen (1858-1941) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, as among the finest pictorial photographers in America at the turn of the 20th century.
	"Confidences" c. 1914 1996.14.0286.01-.03 Frances and Mary captured the Victorian ideal of female friendship when they posed these two women exchanging "confidences" in the doorway of a Deerfield, Massachusetts, home.
	"The Letter of the Law" 1916 1996.14.0295.01-.02 The Allen sisters of Deerfield, Massachusetts, captured the Colonial Revival interpretation of Puritan society in this photograph titled, "The Letter of the Law."
	"Hanging Stockings" 1904 1996.14.0326.01-.02 Although these children posed hanging Christmas stockings in front of an early 19th century fireplace, celebrating Christmas did not come into fashion in New England until the mid-19th century or later in more rural areas.
	"Learning to Sew" 1898-1900 1996.14.0328.01-.02 Many Americans at the turn of the 20th century developed a newfound fascination with the people, customs and objects of the early colonial period.
	"Little Puritan" c. 1911 1996.14.0458.01-.03 This Allen Sisters photograph, taken in 1911, shows a young girl dressed in the clothing of a Puritan child.
	Memorial Hall Bedroom c. 1890 1996.14.0547.01-.02 The Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts, was the first museum in the United States to implement the new and exciting concept of creating "period" rooms to display its collection to the public.
	"Taking Tea" 1901-1904 1996.14.0596 This posed photograph of two women at the tea table shows how "taking tea" in the 19th century was a social ritual that embodied gracious living and gentility.
	"Spirit of the Wheat" 1913 1996.14.0639.01-.06 These young women represented the "Spirit of the Wheat" in a historical pageant in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1913.