Side Chair• Date:   1850 to 1870• Materials:

exotic rosewood colorful upholstery

• Household Goods/Furniture

Questions:• What type of house do you

think you might find this chair in? In what room? Why?

• Does this chair have a specific purpose? If so, what?

• Where could you find more information about this object?

Baking Kettle• Date  1700 to 1799• Height   7.58“; Diameter  

13.12“• Material: iron• Household Goods

Questions:• Who do you think would use

this type of cookware? • How do you think the baked

goods were heated in this kettle?

• Does this kettle remind you of anything?

Tavern Sign• Date:   1795• Location:   Montague,

Massachusetts• Materials:   wood• Public Announcement /Sign

Questions:• What do you think this sign

was advertising?• What does the symbol in the

center represent?• What do the words mean?• What would happen in the

place the sign advertised?

Shoes with Buckles• Artisan:   Madeline Yale

Wynne• Date:   1900• Location: Deerfield, Mass• Materials:   silver, leather• Personal Items/Clothing –

Footwear

Questions:• What is striking about these

shoes?• When was this item made?• Who do you think might

have worn them?

Doll “Chloe”• Date: circa 1900• Location: Greenfield,MA• Height: 19.0“, width: 6.0“,

Depth   2.5“• Materials:   cloth• Personal Items/Toys

Questions:• What appears to be unusual

about the doll?• Who do you think owned this

doll? Why?• What can this doll tell us about

the family who made it?