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Historical Items

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Item 15476

The Chestnut Chair, ca. 1876

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1876 Location: Cambridge Media: Wood

Item 15919

Sketch of The Village Smithy, Cambridge by Henry W. Longfellow, 1840

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1840 Location: Cambridge Media: Ink on paper

Item 15889

The Children's Chair, ca. 1877

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1877 Location: Cambridge Media: Wood. leather

Online Exhibits

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Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.

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In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

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Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.