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![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.
![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.
![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 large wooden armchair with original red stain, turned decoration on the chair back and arms, and a straw-colored, fibrous woven seat.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/36016.jpeg.webp?itok=llSCsQIU)
Object Story: Carver Chair
A carved chair made in 1690 named after John Carver, a Mayflower passenger and early governor of Plymouth Colony.
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.
![Elaborate fabric quilt featuring an arrangement of five star shapes in the center, surrounded by a border of smaller star shapes and an outermost border of appliqued fabric in a floral pattern.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/37848.jpeg.webp?itok=-BQS4Niv)
Object Story: "Lone Star" Appliqued Chintz and Pieced Quilt
Quilt made by Mary Seeds Moon around 1840 in the popular Lone Star pattern.