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Fig. 1. Façade of building in combination of log cabin architecture with Swiss chalet influences.

Stieglitz and Vanderbilt: A Tale of Two Alfreds in the Adirondacks

Figure 3. Painting of black horse facing left with river and mountain range in background.

At Belle Meade: A Plantation’s Foyer Serves as an Illustrated Catalog

Opulently decorated room with three chairs, fireplace, mirror, and chandelier.

“An Entirely New Note in Art”: Room Portraits in the Early-Twentieth Century

Two black servants carry a white woman in a hammock through a jungle. Two additional black servants carry baskets of fruit behind.

Laboring for Paradise

A woman uses a plane on a piece of wood in a workshop, while another woman in 18th-century garb looks on.

Planed and Polished: The Joiner’s Shop at Colonial Williamsburg

Two women with hammers and roughly-hammered copper bowls stand around an anvil, while a man in period costume looks at their work.

Hammered Home: Silversmith Skills in Colonial Williamsburg

The Durfey Tailor Shop on DoG Street: Bespoke Garments for The Everyman

Two men stand behind a vise holding a piece of wood between two spikes.

Physical Sense in the Wheelwright Shop

A left hand, palm facing up. Balanced across this hand is an S-hook, or iron bar shaped into an elongated S-shape. It has little curls at each end and a twist in the middle.

Fire and Forearms

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