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	The Rose 1900-1916 1988.02 Cross-stitched embroidery by the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework.
	Mary: Lamson family servant c. 1867 2000.19.22.01 African American women like Mary experienced only limited economic opportunity after the Civil War.
	Woman washing 1857 1994.20.03.35 George Fuller (1822-1884) sought to highlight in his sketches of southern slaves what he called "the expressions of what we call lowly or everyday life."
	African-American woman sewing 1856-1858 1994.20.03.54 Like his other drawings of slave and southern plantation life, this interior sketch of slave quarters by George Fuller (1822-1884) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, carefully details the spaces in which slaves worked and lived.
	Clothes Wringer c. 1872 1967.07.01 The wooden wringer, to squeeze the water from newly washed laundry, was patented May 28, 1872.
	Work shoe 1800-1830 1989.018.01 This is typical of a unisex work shoe for the early 19th century.
	"Negro Nurse with a Child" 1861 1995.14.02 This painting by George Fuller of a child having her hair combed by her African American "nurse" was undoubtedly a product of Fuller's travels in the South just before the Civil War.
	"Women of Plymouth" c. 1893 1995.14.05 This preparatory study served as the model for a mural for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
	Patent Model of Plow c. 1840 1977.44 This model of a plow was made by Dexter Pierce of Montague, Massachusetts. The Patent Law of 1836 required that any request for a patent had to be accompanied with a model.
	Broad Ax 1925.11.06.01 A broad ax is used to shape a round tree trunk into a square or rectangular timber.

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