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- "The Public Universal Friend," Linocut, circa 2020 - Public Universal Friend (1752-1819) defied societal expectations as a genderless Quaker minister. Although assigned female at birth, the Friend assumed their new identity following a 1776 religious epiphany and began preaching across the northeast United States. In 2019, 200 years after the Friend’s death, their life story was spread across social media, and they became emblematic of early American LBGTQIA+ history.
- circa 2020
- Collections - Artifact
"The Public Universal Friend," Linocut, circa 2020
Public Universal Friend (1752-1819) defied societal expectations as a genderless Quaker minister. Although assigned female at birth, the Friend assumed their new identity following a 1776 religious epiphany and began preaching across the northeast United States. In 2019, 200 years after the Friend’s death, their life story was spread across social media, and they became emblematic of early American LBGTQIA+ history.
- "The Public Universal Friend," Linocut, circa 2020 - Public Universal Friend (1752-1819) defied societal expectations as a genderless Quaker minister. Although assigned female at birth, the Friend assumed their new identity following a 1776 religious epiphany and began preaching across the northeast United States. In 2019, 200 years after the Friend’s death, their life story was spread across social media, and they became emblematic of early American LBGTQIA+ history.
- circa 2020
- Collections - Artifact
"The Public Universal Friend," Linocut, circa 2020
Public Universal Friend (1752-1819) defied societal expectations as a genderless Quaker minister. Although assigned female at birth, the Friend assumed their new identity following a 1776 religious epiphany and began preaching across the northeast United States. In 2019, 200 years after the Friend’s death, their life story was spread across social media, and they became emblematic of early American LBGTQIA+ history.
- Penn-Treats Water Ice Bag - Companies began packaging single-serving frozen ice treats and ice cream bars in waxed paper bags during the mid-1900s. The inexpensive packaging, printed with the company's name, logo, and often an illustration of the contents, ensured that vendors delivered the precise serving to customers who could take the delicious cold confection with them to enjoy.
- Collections - Artifact
Penn-Treats Water Ice Bag
Companies began packaging single-serving frozen ice treats and ice cream bars in waxed paper bags during the mid-1900s. The inexpensive packaging, printed with the company's name, logo, and often an illustration of the contents, ensured that vendors delivered the precise serving to customers who could take the delicious cold confection with them to enjoy.
- Quaker Church Graveyard (Flushing), 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <EM>New York Herald</EM>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- 1890-1915
- Collections - Artifact
Quaker Church Graveyard (Flushing), 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- Recipe Booklet, "Our Favorites for Family and Friends," circa 1967 -
- circa 1967
- Collections - Artifact
Recipe Booklet, "Our Favorites for Family and Friends," circa 1967
- Dress with Pelerine, 1840-1845 -
- 1840-1845
- Collections - Artifact
Dress with Pelerine, 1840-1845
- "Fresh Important Intelligence, Received this Morning," Baltimore, November 2, 1777 -
- November 02, 1777
- Collections - Artifact
"Fresh Important Intelligence, Received this Morning," Baltimore, November 2, 1777
- Trade Card for Quakeress Cigars, Reliance Cigar Factory, 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Quakeress Cigars, Reliance Cigar Factory, 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Quaker Church-Stove (Flushing), 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <EM>New York Herald</EM>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- 1890-1915
- Collections - Artifact
Quaker Church-Stove (Flushing), 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- Quaker Dress, 1828-1832 -
- 1828-1832
- Collections - Artifact
Quaker Dress, 1828-1832