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Worn on this day :the clothes that made history /Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell.

xi, 324 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm, Beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st, Chrisman-Campbell looks at garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries. She offers capsule fashion histories of everything from space suits to wedding gowns, Olympics uniforms, and ar...

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The iconic jersey :baseball x fashion /by Erin R. Corrales-Diaz.

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm, "The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion explores the design and aesthetics of the iconic baseball jersey both on and off the baseball field. Featuring over 35 historic and contemporary jerseys and baseball-inspired fashion, this ground-breaking volum...

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Dressing up :the women who influenced French fashion /Elizabeth L. Block.

282 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm, "A provocative look at late 19th-century French fashion, which discredits the couturier as "genius creator" and makes you think differently about the impact of the American women who influenced the market"-- Provided by publisher.

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The Oak Park studio of Frank Lloyd Wright /Lisa D. Schrenk.

xiii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm, "Lisa Schrenk offers a detailed assessment of Frank Lloyd Wright's studio in Oak Park, Illinois. She focuses on the educational atmosphere of Wright's office in the context of his developing design ideology, revealing three phases as Wright transitioned from ...

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How football became football :150 years of the game's evolution /Timothy P. Brown.

xiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, How Football Became Football traces football's evolution from a version of rugby played before a handful of friends to a spectacle played in packed stadiums before television audiences of 100 million or more. Organized by era, How Football Became Football show...

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Turbulent years in Chelsea :documenting life in the '70s and '80s /Arnie Jarmak and Joshua Resnek.

142 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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A story of Maine in 112 objects: from prehistory to modern times /edited by Bernard P. Fishman, Director, Maine State Museum ; published in association with the Maine State Museum.

448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm, "This groundbreaking book features 112 essays and hundreds of photographs that highlight the best of the museum's collections - ranging from a walrus skull to a woman's World War II welding outfit. Included as well is the fascinating story of the museum itsel...

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Connecticut architecture :stories of 100 places /Christopher Wigren, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.

xiii, 300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm.

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The atlas of Boston history /edited by Nancy S. Seasholes.

x, 209 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 37 cm

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The paintings of J.O.J. Frost :an American story /by Bethe Lee Moulton.

xiii, 159 pages : illustrations; maps ; 24 x 27 cm

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Treasures afoot :shoe stories from the Georgian era /Kimberly S. Alexander.

x, 234 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm, In 'Treasures Afoot', Kimberly S. Alexander introduces readers to the history of the Georgian shoe. Presenting a series of stories that reveal how shoes were made, sold, and worn during the long eighteenth century, Alexander traces the fort...

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Summer suffragists :woman suffrage activists in Scituate, Massachusetts /Lyle Nyberg.

272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, "Scituate, Massachusetts, was the summer home of a surprising number of nationally recognized leaders of the suffrage movement to give women the right to vote. Why did they stay there, and how did they fight for the vote? These questions are addressed in this book....

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Maine quilts :250 years of comfort and community /Laureen A. LaBar ; with essays by Lynne Z. Bassett and Pamela Weeks.

xiv, 242 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm, "The history of quilting in Maine is a story of community and Maine State Museum curator Laurie LaBar coaxes stories out of objects and uses those stories to enlighten, entertain, and to bring new voices to Maine history"-- Provided by publishe...

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Joseph Hodges Choate;memorial addresses delivered before the Century association, January 19, 1918.

56 pages 2 portrait (including frontispiece) 23 cm

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Silk stocking mats :hooked mats of the Grenfell Mission /Paula Laverty.

x, 197 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm, "Beginning in 1928, the Grenfell Mission sent out a call to socialites: "When your stockings run, let them run to Labrador!" The creative recycling of tattered stockings is just one of many innovations that made Grenfell hook...

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Lost Wonderland :the brief and brilliant life of Boston's million dollar amusement park /Stephen R. Wilk.

xvi, 265 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm, "If you take Boston's Blue Line to its northern end, you'll reach the Wonderland stop. Few realize that a twenty-three-acre amusement park once sat nearby-the largest in New England, and grander than any of the Coney Island parks that inspired it. Opened ...

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The world of Plymouth Plantation /Carla Gardina Pestana.

viii, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm, "On the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing and the establishment of Plymouth Plantation, Carla Gardina Pestana offers an intimate look at life in the settlement. Hardly the isolated outpost of myth, in Pestana's telling Plymouth is revealed as a...

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The truth about baked beans :an edible history of New England /Meg Muckenhoupt.

345 pages ; 24 cm, ""The Truth about Baked Beans" is an edible history of New England"-- Provided by publisher., Meg Muckenhoupt begins with a simple question: When did Bostonians start making Boston Baked Beans? Storekeepers in Faneuil Hall and Duck Tour guides may tell you that the Pilgrims learne...

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Forever struggle :activism, identity, & survival in Boston's Chinatown, 1880-2018 /Michael Liu.

xii, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm, "Chinatown has a long history in Boston. Though little documented, it represents the city's most sustained neighborhood effort to survive during eras of hostility and urban transformation. It has been wounded and transformed, slowly ceding ground; at the...

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Inventing Boston :design, production, and consumption /Edward S. Cooke, Jr.

viii, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm, During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Boston was both a colonial capital and the third most important port in the British empire, trailing only London and Bristol. Boston was also an independent entity that pursued its own interests and ...

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The greatest beach :a history of the Cape Cod National Seashore /Ethan Carr.

xii, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

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Joiner's work /by Peter Follansbee.

xiv, 247 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm, "Forget what you think about 17th-century New England furniture. It's neither dark nor boring. Instead, it's a riot of geometric carvings and bright colors--all built upon simple constructions that use rabbets, nails and mortise-and-tenon joints. Peter F...

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Shaker vision :seeing beauty in early America /Joseph Manca.

x, 391 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm, "The Shakers are known for self-denial and austerity in everyday living and their material world, as embodied by the heavenly simplicity and purity of their chairs and blanket chests. Yet the believers also enjoyed a diversity of visual ...

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Votes for women! :a portrait of persistence /Kate Clarke Lemay ; with Susan Goodier, Martha S. Jones, and Lisa Tetrault.

xi, 289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color portraits, map ; 28 cm, "Marking the centenary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Votes for Women celebrates past efforts while looking toward what actions we might take in the future to further support women's equality"--Int...

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Newport :the artful city /John R. Tschirch.

240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 x 25 cm, This is a richly illustrated portrait of Newport, Rhode Island as a work of urban art, from colonial times to the present, both documented and celebrated in the maps, paintings, photographs, poetry and prose of renowned artists ...

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Rather elegant than showy :the classical furniture of Isaac Vose /Robert D. Mussey Jr., Clark Pearce.

x, 293 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 x 25 cm, "Isaac Vose was well known in his day among style-conscious Bostonians, his name synonymous with furniture of the highest quality and advanced design. His shop, the "first on Boston Neck," was in a prominent location and served ...

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A history of Boston in 50 artifacts /Joseph M. Bagley.

xii, 208 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm, "An illustrated history of the city of Boston, as seen through fifty objects of archaeological significance, ranging from chamber pots to cowbells"--Provided by publisher.

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An American palace :Chicago's Samuel M. Nickerson House /David Bagnall ; with an introduction by Richard H. Driehaus.

119 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 30 cm

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Edwin Lutyens :country houses : from the archives of Country life /Gavin Stamp.

192 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm, "Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), perhaps the greatest British architect of the twentieth century, was introduced by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, his celebrated collaborator, to Edward Hudson, the founder of the great British magazine Country Life, in 1889. Hudson th...

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Great houses of London /James Stourton ; photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg.

328 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm, The great houses of London represent one of the marvels of English architecture and yet they are almost entirely unknown. They are for the most part disguised behind sober facades but their riches within are astonishing. From the romantic 17th century Ashburn...

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The White House :the history of an American idea /William Seale.

xiv, 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm, For two centuries the White House has served not only as the official residence of the president of the United States, but as the symbolic home of its owners, the American people. The White House: The History of an American Idea celebrates the man...

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Technology in the country house /Marilyn Palmer and Ian West.

ix, 205 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

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The National Trust book of great houses of Britain /Nigel Nicolson.

287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

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Through an uncommon lens :the life and photography of F. Holland Day /Patricia J. Fanning.

xxiii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 255 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm, "Based in the Boston area, F. Holland Day (1864-1933) was a central figure in artistic circles on both sides of the Atlantic. Publisher of Oscar Wilde and Stephen Crane, mentor to a young Ka...

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The national Capitol :its architecture, art and history /by George C. Hazelton, Jr. ; illustrated.

[8], 287 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans ; 24 cm

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The Train on the Beach :Forgotten Railroads that Transformed Winthrop, Orient Heights, and Revere Beach, Massachusetts /William Lieberman.

xiv, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

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Boston history for kids :from Red Coats to Red Sox with 21 activities /Richard Panchyk ; foreword by Michael Dukakis.

ix, 129 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 x 28 cm, "Few American cities are as steeped in history as Boston. Starting with its Native American and Puritan roots, through its pivotal role in the Revolutionary War and its many contributions to art and literature, Boston has earned its reputation as a m...

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House stories :the meanings of home in a New England town /Beth Luey.

x, 182 pages ; 23 cm, "Historic houses adorned with plaques populate New England like nowhere else in the country. These plaques note the construction year and original owner of the house, but they tell nothing about the rich lives of the people who lived there. In House Stories, Beth Luey takes rea...

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United tastes :the making of the first American cookbook /Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald.

xi, 351 pages ; 24 cm, "The Library of Congress has designated American Cookery (1796) by Amelia Simmons one of the eighty-eight 'Books That Shaped America.' Its recognition as 'the first American cookbook' has attracted an enthusiastic modern audience of historians, food journalists, and general re...

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Circle around Monadnock :time travel with horses /Francelia Mason Clark with Pam Godin and Shelley Mozier.

143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm, "Finding and following one of New Hampshire's oldest trails into history--on horseback . . . Francelia Clark finds and follows one of the oldest trails in New Hampshire's Monadnock region into history--on horseback. Along the way she stu...

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The music of early American clocks, 1730-1830 /Kate Van Winkle Keller and Gary R. Sullivan.

259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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H.H. Richardson :three architectural tours /Ken Bressler.

103 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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Along the Valley Line :the history of the Connecticut Valley Railroad /Max R. Miller.

xv, 138 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm., The Connecticut Valley Railroad once carried both passengers and freight along the west bank of the Connecticut River between Hartford and Old Saybrook. Completed in 1871, today the railroad is known throughout New England for the nostalgic ...

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Get out of my room! :a history of teen bedrooms in America /Jason Reid.

viii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, "Teenage life is tough. You're at the mercy of parents, teachers, and siblings, all of whom insist on continuing to treat you like a kid and refuse to leave you alone. So what do you do when it all gets to be too much? You retreat to your room (and maybe slam...

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The long journeys home :the repatriations of Henry 'åOpåukaha'ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk /Nick Bellantoni.

xxix, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm., "åOpåukaha'ia (ca. 1792-1818), also known as Henry Obookiah, and Itankusun Wanbli (ca. 1879-1900), also known as Albert Afraid of Hawk, lived almost a century apart and came from different Indigenous nations--Hawaiian and Lakota. Yet the circumstances ...

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The farmhouse book :tradition, style, and experience /David Larkin.

222 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

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Adventures with old houses /by Richard Hampton Jenrette ; foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales ; principal photography by John M. Hall.

223 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm, Jenrette describes his restoration of several historic buildings throughout the country, including Roper House (9 East Battery) in Charleston and Millford Plantation near Pinewood.

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Capes :design ideas for renovating, remodeling, and building new /Jane Gitlin.

218 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm., Re-introduces readers to the classic Cape Cod home, featuring more than twenty case studies of updated houses.

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Maine antique digest :the Americana chronicles : 30 years of stories, sales, personalities, and scandals /edited by Lita Solis-Cohen.

448 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Interior design and decoration.

vi, 699 pages illustrations 25 cm