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Samplers are compilations of different elements, embroidered on a piece of fabric, often linen, that’s how the skills of the maker. The purpose of a sampler has likely changed over time, but we most often associate samplers from the 18th and 19th centuries as examples of embroidery or cross-stitching skills that the maker has practiced and refined – skills that were taught to young girls as part of their school lessons. The skills were taught so they could help with certain needs around the home but eventually became a status symbol – highlighting more challenging technique sand designs. These samplers often contain the alphabet, common phrases, and sometimes buildings, figures, or animals. If we are lucky, the sampler also includes a name and date that allows us to discover more about the person behind the work. This sampler was made by Theresa Dashiells and completed on Dec. 31, 1801.
Samplers are compilations of different elements, embroidered on a piece of fabric, often linen, that’s how the skills of the maker.
WWII Pacific Theater
Photograph of men in the Pacific Theater during WWII, Richard Malone is standing to the far left.
Purple Heart
Purple Heart issued to Richard Malone
WWI Jacket
World War I jacket owned by James Laugher.
Manumission
This document is a written record of the agreement made by George W. Lankford to free his slave, Alfred Lankford, in Somerset County in 1864.
Muskrat Recipe
Rhonda Aaron's muskrat recipe
Shucking Oysters at Twenty-five Cents a Gallon, Rock Point, Maryland.
Shucking oysters at twenty-five cents a gallon, Rock Point, Maryland. The average shucker does five gallons a day.
Hooper's Map
Illustrated Atlas of Talbot and Dorchester Counties, Maryland, Lake Griffing and Stevenson, 1877, marked with “x” to show duck blinds on the shoreline.