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" An' .... Wal, he up an' kist her.", Plate V, from The Courtin'.

Artist:
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910  Search this
Author:
James Russell Lowell, American  Search this
Publisher:
James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, Massachusetts  Search this
Medium:
Heliotype in black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24.6 x 18.8 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 12.4 x 11.5 cm (4 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Type:
graphic design
reproduction
Object Name:
reproduction
Made in:
USA
Date:
late 19th century
Accession Number:
1963-25-1-e
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq462999a83-6e30-44a8-a89c-7951ae6ec5c0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1963-25-1-e

"A Child of the State" by George Hoey

Maker:
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
image: 22 3/4 in x 17 1/2 in; 57.785 cm x 44.45 cm
Object Name:
chromolithograph
Object Type:
Chromolithograph
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Date made:
ca 1880
ca 1880
Subject:
Costume  Search this
Children  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Theater  Search this
Credit Line:
Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
ID Number:
DL.60.3013
Catalog number:
60.3013
Accession number:
228146
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Art
Peters Prints
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2a87-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_325285

"Against an epoch" : Boston moderns, 1880-1905 / by Elizabeth MacDonald Bischof

Author:
Bischof, Elizabeth MacDonald  Search this
Subject:
Day, F. Holland (Fred Holland) 1864-1933 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Guiney, Louise Imogen 1861-1920 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Cram, Ralph Adams 1863-1942 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 345 leaves : ill., ports. ; 29 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Massachusetts
Boston
Date:
2005
19th century
Topic:
Arts, American--History  Search this
Bohemianism in art  Search this
Call number:
NX511.B67 B57 2005a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_809692

"An' teary roun' the lashes.", Plate VI, from The Courtin'.

Artist:
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910  Search this
Author:
James Russell Lowell, American  Search this
Publisher:
James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, Massachusetts  Search this
Medium:
Heliotype in black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24.6 x 18.8 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 12.2 x 10.4 cm (4 13/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Type:
graphic design
reproduction
Object Name:
reproduction
Made in:
USA
Date:
late 19th century
Accession Number:
1963-25-1-f
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cce70f33-e3fd-4f7c-9c93-fe813d3c0e85
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1963-25-1-f

"In meetin come nex' Sunay.", Plate VII, from The Courtin'.

Artist:
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910  Search this
Author:
James Russell Lowell, American  Search this
Publisher:
James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, Massachusetts  Search this
Medium:
Heliotype in black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24.6 x 18.8 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 14.4 x 7.9 cm (5 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Type:
graphic design
reproduction
Object Name:
reproduction
Made in:
USA
Date:
late 19th century
Accession Number:
1963-25-1-g
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq491a5ba57-d2ed-47e7-bfc7-a80ffe7421b3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1963-25-1-g

"It wasn't in her lifetime, but it was handed down" : four Black oral histories of Massachusetts / edited by Eleanor Wachs (Commonwealth Museum at Columbia Point)

Author:
Wachs, Eleanor F  Search this
Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State  Search this
Commonwealth Museum at Columbia Point  Search this
Physical description:
v, 40 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Sources
Place:
Massachusetts
Date:
1989
[1989]
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
Oral history  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1016528

"Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound" Trade Card

Maker:
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
red (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
brown (overall color)
green (overall color)
Measurements:
overall: 13.2 cm x 8.2 cm; 5 3/16 in x 3 7/32 in
Object Name:
Tradecard
Other Terms:
Tradecard; Flat; Advertising
Associated place:
United States: Massachusetts, Lynn
Credit Line:
Gift of William H. Helfand
ID Number:
1992.3115.085
Catalog number:
1992.3115.085
Nonaccession number:
1992.3115
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
American Enterprise
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-891d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1101153
Online Media:

"Neath the shadow of the hills : townscapes and landscapes of Williamstown / Margaret S. Moore

Author:
Moore, Margaret S  Search this
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute  Search this
Physical description:
[24] p. : ill. ; 16 x 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Massachusetts
Williamstown
Date:
1989
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Landscape prints--Exhibitions  Search this
Landscape painting--Exhibitions  Search this
Williamstown (Mass.) in art--Exhibitions  Search this
Call number:
N8213 .W73 1989
N8213.W73 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_391110

"Says he, 'I' d better call agin.'", Plate IV, from The Courtin'.

Artist:
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910  Search this
Author:
James Russell Lowell, American  Search this
Publisher:
James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, Massachusetts  Search this
Medium:
Heliotype in black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Platemark: 13.3 x 6.7 cm (5 1/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 24.6 x 18.8 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Type:
graphic design
reproduction
Object Name:
reproduction
Made in:
USA
Date:
late 19th century
Accession Number:
1963-25-1-d
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46c84a0ef-f211-4dd9-8725-4dacf5edcff5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1963-25-1-d

"The pretended riot explained" citizen sovereignty and the Mashpee revolt Michaela Kleber

Author:
Kleber, Michaela  Search this
Degree granting institution:
College of William & Mary  Search this
Physical description:
ii, 62 pages 23 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Academic theses
Place:
Massachusetts
Date:
2015
19th century
Topic:
Mashpee Indians--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1110129

"With éclat" : the Boston Athenaeum and the origin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / Hina Hirayama

Author:
Hirayama, Hina 1964-  Search this
Subject:
Boston Athenaeum History  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston History  Search this
Physical description:
235 pages ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Massachusetts
Boston
Date:
2013
19th century
Topic:
Art museums--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1011278

"Xerxes the Great did die, and so must you and I": Learning about the alphabet and the inevitability of death in early Protestant America

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:22:36 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
See more posts:
Blog Feed
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_44c9425cb36268df0b18f16ace317909

"Xerxes the Great did die, and so must you and I": Learning about the alphabet and the inevitability of death in early Protestant America

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:22:36 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
See more posts:
Blog Feed
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_2b7863a5eb02d2f7a98accf25e02f951

"You want to see my Pa, I s'pose?", Plate III, from The Courtin'.

Artist:
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910  Search this
Author:
James Russell Lowell, American  Search this
Publisher:
James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, Massachusetts  Search this
Medium:
Heliotype in black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24.6 x 15.8 cm (9 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 11.4 x 9.3 cm (4 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)
Type:
graphic design
reproduction
Object Name:
reproduction
Made in:
USA
Date:
late 19th century
Accession Number:
1963-25-1-c
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a0f5a93e-c157-4373-9520-99da523bec59
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1963-25-1-c

1780 - 1820 Wool Quilt

Maker:
unknown  Search this
Physical Description:
fabric, wool (overall material)
thread, wool (overall material)
filling, wool (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 98 in x 97 in; 249 cm x 246 cm
Object Name:
quilt
Other Terms:
quilt; Household Textile
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts
Date made:
1780-1820
Subject:
Quilting  Search this
ID Number:
TE.T247178.003
Accession number:
247178
Catalog number:
T247178.003
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Home and Community Life: Textiles
Quilts
Textiles
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-7f12-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1100008
Online Media:

1800 - 1840 Lucy Shepherd's Wool Quilt

Maker:
Shepherd, Lucy Addison  Search this
Physical Description:
fabric, wool (overall material)
thread, cotton, linen (overall material)
filling, wool (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 97 in x 97 in; 245 cm x 246 cm
Object Name:
quilt
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Phillipston
Date made:
1800-1840
Subject:
Quilting  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Harold H. Shepard
ID Number:
TE.T13511
Accession number:
257167
Catalog number:
T13511
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Home and Community Life: Textiles
Textiles
Domestic Furnishings
Quilts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-b8d7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_556431
Online Media:

1831 World Map by Marianne S. Fernald, Student at Charlestown Female Academy

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
overall (not framed): 18 1/2 in x 27 in; 46.99 cm x 68.58 cm
Object Name:
drawing, world map
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Charlestown
Date made:
1831
Used:
Education  Search this
Subject:
Geography  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
ID Number:
2014.0244.004
Accession number:
2014.0244
Catalog number:
2014.0244.004
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Education
American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
Art
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6931-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1692385
Online Media:

1838 Bigelow's Patent Model of a Loom

Inventor:
Bigelow, Erastus Brigham  Search this
Physical Description:
wood (overall material)
metal (mechanisms material)
Object Name:
loom patent model
Object Type:
Patent Model
Associated place:
United States: Massachusetts, West Boylston
Model constructed:
before 1838-01-06
Patent date:
1838-01-06
Classified:
Patent Models  Search this
Invention  Search this
Related Publication:
Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index
ID Number:
TE.T11411.128
Accession number:
89797
Catalog number:
T11411.128
Patent number:
546
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Textiles
Patent Models, Textile Machinery
Textiles
Patent Models
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0b06-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1070864

1846 Merinda Shedd Wright's "Nine-patch" Album Quilt

Maker:
unknown  Search this
Physical Description:
fabric, cotton (overall material)
thread, cotton (overall material)
filling, cotton (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 109 in x 119 in; 277 cm x 302 cm
Object Name:
quilt
Place made:
United States: New Hampshire, Washington
Date made:
1846
Subject:
Quilting  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Stephen H. McCutchen
ID Number:
TE.T15195
Catalog number:
T15195
Accession number:
290274
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Home and Community Life: Textiles
Cultures & Communities
Textiles
Domestic Furnishings
Quilts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-cc78-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_556484
Online Media:

1851 - 1855 Ripley Family's "Friendship" Quilt

Maker:
unknown  Search this
Physical Description:
fabric, cotton (overall material)
thread, cotton (overall material)
filling, cotton (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 74 in x 84 in; 187 cm x 214 cm
Object Name:
quilt
Associated Place:
United States: New York, Queens, Long Island City
Date made:
1851-1855
Subject:
Quilting  Search this
Community  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Ione Ripley
ID Number:
TE.T11452
Accession number:
210281
Catalog number:
T11452
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Textiles
Cultures & Communities
Domestic Furnishings
Textiles
Quilts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c51d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_556373
Online Media:

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