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front Sign-"Who would Turn Back 2 Hundred Yeare, Let him A light & Enter Here"
c. 1923
1981.03b
This wooden sign, advertising a tea house in Deerfield, Massachusetts, was attached to a tree outside.
front Sign-"A. Boyden's Hotel"
c. 1850
1982.19
This classic wooden hotel sign came from a hotel that was run in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in the 1850s.
front Civil War musket with bayonet made by Lamson, Goodnow and Yale
1864
M.73
In 1855 the Lamson & Goodnow Company joined with the Yale [Lock] Company to purchase the bankrupt Robbins and Lawrence Armory in Windsor, Vermont, to make guns
front Onion Shovel
1900-1925
1978.06
This specialized shovel was used to dig onions from the dirt at harvest.
front Manure fork
1785-1825
1875.19.04.01
A manure fork was an essential tool on a farm for cleaning out barns and spreading manure for fertilizer.
front Electric iron
1900-1913
1981.10
A Simplex Company electric iron of unusual weight. The first appliance patented after the electric light was the electric iron. This example probably was used commercially.
front Splitting Froe or Frower

1877.29.01
A froe is a traditional wood-working tool used to create usable forms from raw wood.

 

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