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	Account Book of Elijah Williams, Ledger B, Vol. 3 1751-1757 L00.084 Storekeeper (Elijah Williams) accounts with Abijah Prince. This is a page from the account book of Deerfield, Massachusetts, storekeeper Elijah Williams (1712-1771) that includes purchases and payments from the free black man, Abijah Prince.
	Sign-"Olde Deerfield Doll House" 1917 1990.009.01 The wooden sign advertised a tea and gift shop operated by Mrs. Frederick S. Hyde in Deerfield, Massachusetts in the first quarter of the 20th century.
	Sign-"Who would Turn Back 2 Hundred Yeare, Let him A light & Enter Here" c. 1923 1981.03b This wooden sign, advertising a tea house in Deerfield, Massachusetts, was attached to a tree outside.
	Sign-"A. Boyden's Hotel" c. 1850 1982.19 This classic wooden hotel sign came from a hotel that was run in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in the 1850s.
	Tuscarora beadwork sellers 1889-1890 1998.09.01 This is a stereopticon view of several Tuscarora (Iroquois) artisans selling their beadwork to tourists near Niagara Falls, New York, in 1889.
	Milk Bottle c. 1950 1985.0024.007 This Snow's Dairy bottle from around 1950 was typical of the post-war milk bottle. Individual bottles of milk became widespread in the 20th century as milk production mechanized.
	Milk Bottle c. 1930 1985.0024.013 The returnable milk bottle generally sold milk from small producers and were returned to stores. When dairies became much larger in the 1940s and after, they did away with generic bottles in favor of their own labels.
	Milk Bottle c. 1950 1985.0024.016 Milk bottles were usually delivered to households on a daily basis. As steam sterilizing equipment became mandatory, many small milk producers stopped selling milk directly, relying on large, centralized dairies to distribute their milk.
	Bottle c. 1880 1985.0024.020 Saratoga bottles were used to sell mineral springs to Americans searching for restorative drinks.
	Ketchup Bottle 1986.02 People have been using ketchup as a condiment since Ancient Roman times and it is still a popular condiment today.

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