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Town Meetings in the Northwest Precinct of Cambridge, 1736-1795
One of the earliest and purest forms of Democracy in the United States took place at “town meetings”- a practice…
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Commemorative Plates
Ceramic objects in the AHS collection span centuries while telling local stories. Of these ceramics, several plates uniquely celebrate and…
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Ballad of the War of 1812
On Tuesday, April 24, 1917, Nina Winn wrote about attending a Historical Society event in which “Aunt Sue read a…
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Kimball Farmer House
This fall the Kimball Farmer House at 1173 Massachusetts Avenue, recently renovated to create three affordable-housing units by the Housing…
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Centennial Celebration of Arlington Town Hall
These are selected images from the 2013 Centennial Celebration of Arlington Town Hall display at Robbins Library, and the “Picture…
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Knowing Susanna Adams Winn
[box]This is the third installment of three on the Winn Family Silhouette Album. The prior installments are here: The Winn…
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Types, Techniques and Analysis of Silhouettes
[box]This is the second installment of three on the Winn Family Silhouette Album. The first is here: The Winn Silhouette…
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The Winn Silhouette Album — Roots in Arlington, MA
[box]This is part one of a three part series on the Winn silhouette album[/box] In 1999, the Arlington Historical Society…
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The Green Drum
This beautiful drum, from The Arlington Historical Society archives, pictured here, is a lovely soft green with blue undertones. Wooden…
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On Mabel and George
Mabel Hartwell married George Winn, Wednesday, October 14, 1903. Because the diary of George’s sister, Nina Winn, is being serialized…
