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Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. number.
Shaker Fancy Goods tells the story of the Shaker Sisters of the nineteenth and early twentieth century who responded to the economic perils of the Industrial Revolution by inventing a lucrative industry of their own—Fancy Goods, a Victorian term for small adorned household objects made by women for women. Thanks to their work ethic, business savvy, and creativity, the tireless Shaker Sisters turned a seemingly modest trade into the economic engine that sustained their communal way of life, just as the men were abandoning the sect for worldly employment. Relying on journals and church family records that give voice to the plainspoken accounts of the sisters themselves, the book traces the w...
A behind-the-scenes look into the institutions and people that have made New Hampshire great.
A comprehensive illustrated anthology of material about and by the American Shakers.
The definitive volume on Shaker commercial ephemera
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