Even though the World’s Columbian Exposition would not open in Chicago until May 1, 1893, by the early 1890s the Shakers were experiencing a bit of fair fever at the North Family, Mount Lebanon. Elder Frederick Evans was already concerned in 1891 that there was a plan t...

While reviewing photographs taken at the Mount Lebanon North Family as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey, we noticed an image showing the attic of the Wash House that provided definitive provenance for an artifact in the museum’s collection, and confirmation t...