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![Two red leather buckets decorated with eagles bearing blue shields with scissors. Banners in their beaks read "Mechanic Fire Society"; banners in their talons read "William P. Gookin."](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/34834.jpeg.webp?itok=U1Jxearo)
Object Story: Pair of Fire Buckets
These buckets were kept in the home of William Gookin, a tailor, and are decorated to show his family’s membership in the Mechanic Fire Society of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
![Black velvet cap in the shape of a pointed oval, with beadwork in blue, white, green, yellow, and red forming flowers and stems all over; made by a Haudenosaunee woman.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/36622_0.jpeg.webp?itok=W67P6sVB)
Object Story: Niagara Beadwork Hat
This hat was created by a Haudenosaunee craftsperson in the mid-nineteenth century.
![Large, oval, pine and maple box, smooth and plain with six fingers forming a side seam and a chrome yellow finish.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/35355.jpeg.webp?itok=nBCMoT0e)
Object Story: Oval Shaker Box
This large oval box was made at the Shaker community in New Lebanon, New York.
![Tall grandfather-style clock in a wooden case painted to resemble different types of wood grains.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/L2015-41-23v2.jpg.webp?itok=vIfYx1rr)
Object Story: Federal Tall Case Clock
A seven-foot tall grandfather clock from around 1820 with inner gears and clockworks made of wood.
![Two embroidered fabric pockets in the shape of small sacks with multicolored flame-like patterns stitched neatly in combinations of red, green, blue and yellow.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/L2015-41-64v3.jpg.webp?itok=pf-fnGTD)
Object Story: Pair of Pockets
Pair of needlework pockets for women.
![Design embroidered on cloth, with the alphabet repeated in four different fonts and a verse underneath, completed at the bottom with the maker's name, age, and location.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/L2015-41-67v3_1.jpg.webp?itok=MKEYmNpk)
Object Story: Mary Craig Hamlen's Sampler
A needlework sampler from 1802 by Mary Craig Hamlen, age 9.
![Painting of man wearing a suit, holding a top hat in his right hand with other hand on his hip, standing in front of shelves displaying rows of top hats.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/2016-25-102.jpg.webp?itok=86EbXYUc)
Object Story: Portrait of Hatter John Mays of Schaefferstown
Portrait of the hatter John Mays around 1830.
![A green painted high back Windsor writing arm chair with a wooden paddle surface attached to the left arm of the chair as a writing surface; possibly by Ebenezer Tracy, Sr., Lisbon Township, New London County, Connecticut.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/35789.jpeg.webp?itok=bh2hkOij)
Object Story: High-back Windsor Armchair with Writing Arm
A popular and well-known style of chair in early American life.
Climbing the Ladder of Success through Education
In America, there is a strong belief in the value of education as way to help individuals advance in society.
A Seat at the Table
In the earliest days of the American colonies, it was common for a household to own only one chair, and use of the chair was reserved for the man of the house while women and c