Trout Lily / Adder Tongue Lily
c. 1840
2002.21.06
During the 19th century women artists in America
and England looked to the natural world for inspiration.
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"Specimen of a Leaf
of the Morus Multicaulis Tree for The Silk Grower"
c. 1870
L02.059
This promotional flyer depicts the mulberry tree
morus multicaulis, an agricultural experiment that
caused a financial bubble in 1838.
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Embroidered Pocket
1760-1780
1915.18.04
Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries pockets
were not attached to women's and girls' clothing.
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The Old Oliver Tractor
c. 1900
1996.37.01.109
This early 19th century photograph is of three children
sitting on an elongated tractor with an exposed engine.
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Floral Fireboard
c. 1813
1891.16.01
This fireboard is from the Ryther house in Bernardston,
Massachusetts, is attributed to Jared Jessup.
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Weeding Onions
1913
1997.08.01.0036
Onions became an important cash crop in the mid-Connecticut
River Valley at the turn of the 20th century.
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Wallhanging-Rose Tree
1910-1916
1992.03
This Japanese-inspired hanging depicting a rose
tree was produced by the Deerfield Society of Blue
and White Needlework and exhibited in arts and
crafts shows.
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Screen Panel-"The Peacock"
c. 1910
NBW.104
The peacock was an oft used design motif during
the Arts and Crafts Movement.
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"Bancroft's Agricultural Almanack...1826"
1826
L00.029
Almanacs such as "Bancroft's Agricultural
Almanack for 1826" were extremely popular
among Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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