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Friday, August 28, 2015
Dolly Hancock: Romance, Wedding Shoes & Revolution, August 1775
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His choice was very natural, a granddaughter of the great patron and most revered friend of his father. Beauty, politeness, and every dom...
Sunday, August 23, 2015
John Hancock's Table: Turtles, Pineapples and the Paradoxical Politics of 1768
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You will always find items both useful and intriguing at the Massachusetts Historical Society ( www.masshistory.org ). One tasty tidbit, fr...
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Aesop, some Paint, and the Oldest Murals this side of the British Atlantic
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The first section of the Warner House Mural, circa 1720 By Jeffrey Hopper, Historic House Steward and Social Historian We s...
Monday, August 10, 2015
The Ultimate in Disposable Fashion? The Paper Party Dress, 1966-69
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The fashion flash of paper dresses sizzled in the 1960s from about 1966-69. The ultimate in disposable fashion with no skills required. ...
Friday, July 17, 2015
Shoes in the Portsmouth Athenaeum’s Early Collections
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Guest blogger: Elizabeth Aykroyd Curator Portsmouth Athenaeum www.PortsmouthAthenaeum.org Early in the Athenaeum’s histor...
Monday, July 6, 2015
A Lost World Rediscovered? Colonial Baroque House Carvings of the early Hanoverian British Atlantic
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Putto in 19th century display case, Portsmouth Historical Society Late last year a colleague, Sandra Rux, the curator of the Portsmou...
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