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Graham Bread Recipe from "The New Hydropathic Cook-Book"
1855
L01.002
Sylvester Graham believed that a vegetable diet and eating bread made from coarsely ground "graham flour" would prevent or cure alcoholism. |
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Woman washing
1857
1994.20.03.35
George Fuller (1822-1884) sought to highlight in his sketches of southern slaves what he called "the expressions of what we call lowly or everyday life." |
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Twin Potty Chair
1854
1964.16
This potty chair, built by a relative for twins, was made in 1854, the year the children were born in Leverett, Massachusetts. |
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Clothes Wringer
c. 1872
1967.07.01
The wooden wringer, to squeeze the water from newly washed laundry, was patented May 28, 1872. |
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Bedpan
1999.15.45
This turn-of-the-20th-century bedpan has an elegant shape for an inelegant function. |
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Letter to Gertrude Porter Ashley
May 6, 1918
L01.043
This letter, dated May 6, 1918, from Tom Ashley (1894-1918) to his mother in Deerfield, Massachusetts, tells her about his life in France as a Marine in World War I. |
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Excerpts from the diary of Elizabeth Babcock Leonard
1841-1850
L01.051
When Elizabeth Babcock Leonard (1810-1892) wrote her diary, she centered it on the activities of her daughter. |
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"Ten Years of Massachusetts"
1888
L01.121
Massachusetts led the country in reforming conditions for working women and children by passing a large number of labor laws in the 1870s. |
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"Annual Report of the Town Officers of Deerfield For the Year Ending Feb. 1st, 1914-
Annual Report of the School Committee"
1913
L02.072
This 1914 report from the town's supervisor of education notes the schools of Deerfield were expanding, with a new grammar school in South Deerfield built to the most modern standards. |
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"South Deerfield- To Build New School-House"
May 14, 1912
L02.078
In 1913, a new school was planned to replace an 1880s school that the town had outgrown. The new school was to be built to the most modern standards. |