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September, 2018 Archive

Exhibits

Now Available For Viewing: MUGS: 1911-1948, Gritty Depictions of Human Drama

The newest on-line feature exhibition by the FRHS, “MUGS: 1911-1948,” is now available for viewing on the FRHS website.  As mentioned in a previous post, the exhibition opens with a brief –...

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Acquisitions

Hattie B. Silvia: China Painter

The late 19th and early 20th century was the heyday of china painting in America, and during that period countless women took brush in hand and churned out a plethora of ornamental pieces of all...

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Exhibits

MUGS: 1911-1948 — Gritty Depictions of Human Drama

“Mug shots – gritty depictions of human drama in a pure, unadulterated form, captured in the medium of vernacular photography, that is, images taken by little-known or amateur photographers.”...

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Library & Archive, Lizzie Borden

Memories of Adams House, its Records, and Lizzie Borden’s “Turncoat Friend”

The FRHS has maintained a longstanding relationship with the Adams House—a.k.a. Home for Aged People—founded in Fall River in 1891 to provide exemplary care in a lovely, private home-like...

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