Print, Photographic

Title:

"Flora Appleton"

Date:

1940-1962

Dimensions:

Print Size: 3.125 x 2.1875

Description:

This color photograph depicts Sister Flora Appleton sitting at a poplarware loom inside Enfield House, Floor 0, South Room. There is another loom in the background. She is sitting on a low Shaker chair. She is wearing a net cap and print dress with matching bertha and has a flower-shaped pin on the front of her dress; she is wearing eyeglasses.

Provenance:

This album is red leatherette, with a red chord binding. It measures 14 x 11 x 1 3/4". "Photograph Album" is on the cover in gold. The binding is loose and some pages have separated. The photographs are mounted in clear plastic triangular corners, and many can be easily removed. In most cases, they are captioned in white pencil. There are 3 loose photographs. The album was given to CSV by Charles "Bud" Thompson in March 1992 [#1992.2].

There are 172 b & w photographs, of varying sizes, and 22 color photographs. There is also one non-photographic image of the Trustees' Building [from a magazine?] and 2 paintings measuring 5 1/2 x 3 5/8" by Cora Helena Sarle.

The images depict Canterbury, NH; Alfred, ME; Enfield, NH; there are also a few of Harvard, MA; South Union, KY; the marker at North Union, OH; and Mother Ann's gravestone at Watervliet, NY. Canterbury subjects include Marguerite Frost on the steps of the Infirmary with her cat, 1958; the Bridge at the Office; Ida, Blanche, and Josephine at the Office; the razing of the Dry House; the moving of Enfield House; poplar and bonnet braid looms; the Blacksmith's shop; Going Mayflowering; a group of girls, 1916 [including the 4 Hewitt sisters]; the entertainment "Hiawatha"; Christmas at House E;' and several aerial views. Note: the time period is varied, ranging from the 1920s to the late 1950s/early 1960s.

Subjects:

Sister, Loom, Shaker chair, dress, cap, pin, Poplar Cloth, Windows, Curtains

People:

Appleton, Flora

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire/East Canterbury/Shaker Village/Enfield House/Floor 0/South Room

Collection Name:

Canterbury Photograph Collection

Item Number:

58-p025

Accession Number:

A1992.0002

Type of Material:

Photographs

Copyright Statement:

For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Canterbury Shaker Village

Participating Organization:

Canterbury Shaker Village