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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.
![Painting with spray of flowers in a vase at the center top above a watermelon and basket, with various fruit like grapes and peaches spread around the bottom.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/32045.jpeg.webp?itok=G90BlPqg)
Object Story: Still Life with a Basket of Fruit, Flowers, and Cornucopia
Still life painting with a basket of fruit, vase of flowers center, a large watermelon on a plate and cornucopia attributed to the artist Joseph Proctor.
![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.
![Quilt with overall checkerboard pattern, alternating between cream and red-toned squares; each square consists of many skinny strips of varying colors.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/36827.jpeg.webp?itok=rMZGtSBg)
Object Story: Log Cabin, Light and Dark Quilt
A Log Cabin pattern quilt made by an unrecorded artist in the late nineteenth century.
![Large wooden spinning wheel with spokes attached to one end of a simple bench-like structure with a pulley device attached to the other end.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/33890.jpeg.webp?itok=e4HUt48p)
Object Story: Spinning Wheel
A "great wheel" for spinning wool into thread.
![Brass lamp that resembles a large candlestick with a reservoir and two wick holders at the top in the shape of a V.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/33801.jpeg.webp?itok=TI-w81_3)
Object Story: Lamp
A brass lamp with two burners made for burning oil.
![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.