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- Advertising Leaflet for the Blanchard Butter Worker, 1880 -
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Leaflet for the Blanchard Butter Worker, 1880
- Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875 -
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875
- Elder Henry Clay Blinn with Beehives, Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875 - Henry C. Blinn joined the Canterbury, New Hampshire, Shaker Community in 1838. He served as an elder and as official historian for the Shaker community for most of the rest of his life. His writings included at least two articles in the <em>American Bee Journal</em> (April and September 1870). Elder Blinn learned by doing, as this stereograph of his work with bees in the Canterbury apiary indicates.
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Elder Henry Clay Blinn with Beehives, Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875
Henry C. Blinn joined the Canterbury, New Hampshire, Shaker Community in 1838. He served as an elder and as official historian for the Shaker community for most of the rest of his life. His writings included at least two articles in the American Bee Journal (April and September 1870). Elder Blinn learned by doing, as this stereograph of his work with bees in the Canterbury apiary indicates.
- Tirrill Potential Regulator, circa 1899 -
- circa 1899
- Collections - Artifact
Tirrill Potential Regulator, circa 1899
- Banjo Wall Clock, circa 1815 - Simon Willard obtained a United States patent in 1802 for a compact wall timepiece. Willard's clocks were accurate and dependable--and economical to produce. He permitted family, associates, and other manufacturers to make clocks based on his original design. Others copied the style. Banjo clocks, nicknamed for their characteristic shape, remained popular throughout the nineteenth century.
- circa 1815
- Collections - Artifact
Banjo Wall Clock, circa 1815
Simon Willard obtained a United States patent in 1802 for a compact wall timepiece. Willard's clocks were accurate and dependable--and economical to produce. He permitted family, associates, and other manufacturers to make clocks based on his original design. Others copied the style. Banjo clocks, nicknamed for their characteristic shape, remained popular throughout the nineteenth century.
- Covered Bridges in New Hampshire, 1969 - In the days before weatherproofed lumber, siding and a roof protected a wooden bridge's truss system and kept its structural timbers dry. Despite this purely practical design, covered bridges had nostalgic appeal. Decades after their utility faded, tourists sought out surviving examples. Some states featured covered bridges in marketing campaigns, erected signage, and developed tours to facilitate sightseeing.
- 1969
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Covered Bridges in New Hampshire, 1969
In the days before weatherproofed lumber, siding and a roof protected a wooden bridge's truss system and kept its structural timbers dry. Despite this purely practical design, covered bridges had nostalgic appeal. Decades after their utility faded, tourists sought out surviving examples. Some states featured covered bridges in marketing campaigns, erected signage, and developed tours to facilitate sightseeing.
- Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875 -
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875
- 1891 Abbot Downing Concord Coach - The stagecoach is a symbol of the American West, but its origins are in New England. First built in the 1820s, Concord coaches featured an innovative leather-strap suspension that produced a rocking motion over rough roads -- easier on passengers and horses alike. This example carried passengers and mail in New Hampshire and Maine before the automobile made it obsolete.
- 1891
- Collections - Artifact
1891 Abbot Downing Concord Coach
The stagecoach is a symbol of the American West, but its origins are in New England. First built in the 1820s, Concord coaches featured an innovative leather-strap suspension that produced a rocking motion over rough roads -- easier on passengers and horses alike. This example carried passengers and mail in New Hampshire and Maine before the automobile made it obsolete.
- Church Bass, circa 1840 -
- circa 1840
- Collections - Artifact
Church Bass, circa 1840
- Ox Teams in Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875 -
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Ox Teams in Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875