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Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. Image, Strawbery Banke; Photograph, Ellen McDermott Shoes reveal the hopes, dreams, and disappoin...

C. 1735 Boston Chair in Colonial Revival upholstery It’s 1745, you’ve had some economic success in life—comfortable, not wealthy—and yo...

Photograph by Laura Wulf  @Massachusetts Historical Society Exhibit Teaser: Two refashioned silk dresses will be featured in the f...

Photo of the young diarist,  Hannah Wiswall Haines Webb  with her mother. Hannah was an only child, and was evidently doted on by parent...

Jeff and I gathered a short list of holiday items for the historically-minded shopper. This year, we are highlighting books by women auth...