Periodical

A Wonderful Little World of People

June 1898

Object ID:
2020.16.85
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Vol. XV No. 7 issue of the Ladies Home Journal, published June 1898. The cover is illustrated with a photographic portrait of Mrs. Grover Cleveland. On page 6 is an article, "A Wonderful Little World of People," by Madeline S. Bridges, illustrated on page 7 with thirteen photographs. The author describes a visit to Mount Lebanon, and receiving a tour of the North Family by Sister Cecelia de Vere. The photographs, from top to bottom and left to right, are captioned, "The Shaker Village at Mount Lebanon, New York," "Eldress Anna White," "The North Family's Dwelling House," "Elder Charles Greaves of North Family," "A Group of Shakers at a Picnic in the Woods," "Trustee Levi Shaw of North Family," "A Corner of the North Family's Shirt Shop," "Weaving Shaker Bonnets out of Rye Straw," "Preparing a Meal in the North Family's Kitchen," "At Work in the North Family's Ironing-Room," "North Family's Dining Room," "Cecelia De Vere of North Family," and "Sister Martha J. Anderson Eldress Anna White Eldress Sisters' Shop."

New York Mount Lebanon North Family

New York Mount Lebanon North Family

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Shaker Museum Periodical. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=24939. Accessed on September 22, 2024

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