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Cover Handicraft Vol. III, No. 11 -"How They Do It In Deerfield"
1911
L99.037
In a February 1911 article about the Deerfield, Massachusetts, handcraft industries, Mary Allen (1858-1941) of Deerfield recognized the town as a pioneer in the Arts and Crafts Movement that was sweeping the nation.
front German Prisoners, Lyons, France
1945
2004.30.2.129
This is a picture of German prisoners of war in Lyon, France, in 1945, from Frank Dahowski's WWII scrapbook.
front Turners Falls Dam

2002.01.505
The Turners Fall Dam was first built from 1794-98 for a canal to bypass the rapids at the bend of the Connecticut River at Greenfield, Massachusetts. This picture was probably taken in the late 1860s.
front Lillian Saxton Hutchins (Mrs. Frank Hutchins)
1900-1905
1996.12.1096
Lillian Saxton of Deerfield, Massachusetts, stands with her cornet around 1900.
front 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.
front Wallet
c. 1930
1986.25.01
This wallet was made in the South Deerfield, Massachusetts, plant of the Arms Manufacturing Company in 1930. The plant operated in South Deerfield until soon after 1948.

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