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Celluloid Heels  tells the captivating story of the first man-made plastic - celluloid and its use in footwear. In the 1920s, wooden ce...

All images are courtesy of the NSCDA-MA This striking silk satin wedding dress was designed by a Boston dressmaker, Madame Shepherd. He...

Join me on Friday 27 July for look at three brides in early America-- Martha Custis Washington, Elizabeth Bull Price, and Dorothy Hancock...

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Secretary Desk as found Not every Victorian is as dowdy as they might seem. Last year, at the Warner House in Portsmouth NH, we began...

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...