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ca. 1915
HGO-01-001-O-G-401-ORAS06
GUSN-165459
Butter and sugar were weighed the day before Thanksgiving to give to poor families in the town. Beam scales were used by laying a window bar across the backs of Windsor chairs. The artist drew the image under the direction of Mr. John Robinson who remembered it from his youth. The painting was half done from a photograph of the original sketch done for "Old time New England," January, 1923.
interior views
houses
dwellings
scales (weighing devices)
chairs (furniture forms)
holidays
paintings (visual works)
watercolors (paintings)
ACCESS ID 1414
Old ID 1436.00
1 painting : black-and-white
GC001
Original art collection
GC001.USMA.Salem.391
Gift
Salem, Mass.
Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse), 1857-1931 (artist)
paintings (visual works)
watercolors (paintings)
Robinson, John
Chestnut Street (Salem, Mass.)
Signed by the artist.
Mat stained.
// See also ORS7-449..
Item
HGO-01-001-O-G-401-ORAS06
Signed by the artist, L.J. Bridgman.
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