Print, Photographic

Title:

Sylvia Stanislaus

Date:

1899-1899

Description:

Portrait of Sylvia Stanislaus, the Farragut basketmaker. On rear in ink: "Sylvia Stanislaus 33 years [should be 63 years] at Rye Beach, N.H. 1899 (used to have tent by Farragut) Home address Lincoln Maine."

Typed biographical sheet with portrait:

Mrs. Sylvia Stanislaus died March 21, 1938 at the home of her son in Lincoln, Maine; lacking only a week from her 102nd birthday.
She was born on the Passamaquoddy Reservation at Pleasant Point; Perry, Maine March 28, 1836, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Solmore.
When she was two years of age, her father died and Sylvia went to Old Town, Maine. After a time she was adopted by Mary Mohawk Ranco of Greenbush, who brought her up like one of her own.
In 1850 she was married to Stephen Stanislaus of Lincoln. The ceremony took place in one of the Bangor churches.
Mr. Mrs. Stanislaus came up the Penobscot River in a canoe to Mattanawcook Island in Lincoln where they lived for a great many years, after which they moved to their new home on the mainland.
Sylvia was a most skillful and artistic basketmaker and birch bark worker, originating many designs and became famous in that section at Rye Beach, New Hampshire; where she went for 51 summers and her handcraft was always in great demand...

Subjects:

Native Americans, Baskets, Rye, NH, Rye Beach, NH, Women

People:

Stanislaus, Sylvia, 1836-1938

Place of Origin:

Lincoln/Maine

Collection Name:

Single Items and Small Collections Photographs

Item Number:

PS184

Accession Number:

PS184

Type of Material:

Photographs

Copyright Statement:

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Participating Organization:

Rye Historical Society