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A black and white drawing of a man with short hair and a mustache. He looks off into the distance, to the left of the viewer. He wears a jacket, collared shirt, and a necktie. There is text written in cursive handwriting in the bottom left-hand corner of the drawing, which reads "Gov. Frank Rollins."
Frank W. Rollins

Documents in this Unit:

A horizontal document, with black ink on white paper. The text is typed in a cursive font. The text on the top half of the document is bolded and reads "The/New Hampshire College/of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts/DURHAM." Another paragraph of text is seen beneath the bolded text, to the left of which is a large circular blue stamp.
College Diploma
An orange, horizontal poster with large black text. The text reads: "PENACOOK LAKE ICE COMPANY/TELEPHONE 1052-R/ICE/LONG POND ICE FROM CITY WATER SUPPLY."
Penacook Lake Ice Company
A document has ornate printing. It is titled "Old Home Week in New Hampshire … August 11 to 18, 1900 …" Five paragraphs describe the celebration, and include one paragraph of poetry at the bottom. The governor Frank Rollins has signed it, and there is a golden seal of the state at the bottom left corner.
Proclamation for Old Home Week

Explainer Videos and Virtual Field Trips in this Unit:

Virtual Field Trip: Wicked Old Farms and Fairs

Maps & Charts in this Unit:

Light pink flier with a dark pink border. Small map of New Hampshire in upper left corner with each county a different color. List of ice cream shops in New Hampshire along the left side, color-coded by county. Image of waffle ice cream cone with candies in the background. On top of that is superimposed a map of New Hampshire with major highways and each ice cream shop marked. Logo of Granite State Dairy promotion is in top right corner, next to the text "Broought to you by New Hampshire dairy farmers" in blue letters.
New Hampshire's Ice Cream Trail

Objects in this Unit:

A wooden box divided into two horizontal sections. The top section contains pieces of rough-looking cloth, thin fibers, and brown string. The bottom section contains pieces of smooth-looking cloth, colored thread, and thick fibers.
Flax
A tall rectangular carton of milk. Two sides of the carton are shown, the left containing drawings of a young boy and girl next to the words "Umm-Good!" and "Sure Is!" Beneath these drawings are the words "DRINK/MILK/FOR/HEALTH." The right side of the carton has a large label that reads "JOHNSON'S/DAIRY/NORTHWOOD NARROWS/NEW HAMPSHIRE."
Milk Carton
A large basket made from thin strips of light brown bark. In the center of the basket are two thin handles.
Sap Bucket
Sap Bucket Today
A small wooden cylinder with thin blue thread wrapped around it.
Spool of Thread

Photographs & Prints in this Unit:

A black and white drawing of the interior of a house, with a large fireplace on the left side of the room. A group of men, women, and children are all working at various chores around the room. One woman places coals on top of a pot in the fireplace; one woman works at a spinning wheel; another woman stands next to a cylinder barrel; another woman rolls out dough with a rolling pin; a man peels apples over a bowl; and two children play on the floor in the center of the room. Various herbs and vegetables hang from the ceiling. The title of the drawing, located along the bottom border, reads "A NEW ENGLAND KITCHEN,/A HUNDRED YEARS AGO."
A New England Kitchen
A colored drawing of a group of people in a village. Some of the people wear yellow pieces of cloth over the lower halves of their bodies and others wear yellow dresses. There are domed buildings placed in a semi-circle around the village. At the center of the village is a large fire pit, with two wooden racks hanging over the fire. The village is placed near a small body of water, which is shown on the left side of the drawing. A canoe sits on the shoreline just before the water.
Abenaki Village
A colored painting of a train pulling multiple passenger cars through a flat area of land. The land to the left of the train shows several single-storied and two-storied houses. The land to the right has a large and curvy body of water surrounded by trees. Behind the body of water are tall mountains. The title of the painting, located along the bottom border, reads: "ACROSS THE CONTINTENT."
Across the Continent
A colored horizontal drawing of a gray, gold, and red colored train with a large smoke stack at the front of it, pulling a green and red cargo train car filled with coal. In the background of the drawing, there is a series of orderly rectangular buildings along the banks of a river. Smoke rises above some of the buildings' chimneys. The title of the drawing, located along the bottom border, reads: "OUTSIDE CONNECTED PASSENGER ENGINE./AMOSKEAG MANUFACTUING CO./MANCHESTER N. H."
Amoskeag Locomotive
A black and white photograph of a large circus tent. A crowd of people walk in front of the tent. The outside of the tent is decorated with drawings of tigers, lions, and other wild animals.
Animal Show at Concord Fair
A colored painting of three boys standing and sitting on the shore of a small body of water. The boy standing on the right side of the painting bends down to roll up his pant leg. To his right is a pile of fish on the grass.
Boys Fishing
A colored horizontal poster of a young boy wearing a red and white striped shirt with blue overalls rolled up to the anke. He does not wear any shoes. He is laying on his stomach on green grass surrounded by chickens and various farm products - such as potatoes, apples, berries, tomatoes, lettuce, and squash. The title of the poster, which is centered along the upper border in blue text, reads "chippa granite says: buy new hampshire products."
Chippa Granite Says Buy NH Products
A black and white drawing of a horse-drawn wagon driving up a dirt road with a slight incline to a multi-storied house and several farm buildings. The wagon has various bundles in it and the horse is directed by a person sitting at the front of the wagon. To the left of the road is a fenced-in piece of land, scattered with grass and trees.
Colonial Farm
A colored drawing of the inside of a factory. There are several large cloth-making machines in long columns, with a pathway between each. Each machine is attended to by women and young girls in long dresses. In the forefront of the drawing, a young woman bends down and points to the underneath of the machine in front of her, and a man holding a strap of leather looks on from her left.
Cotton Carding Machines
A black and white photograph of a man standing on a frozen body of water, dragging pieces of cut ice through the exposed water.
Cutting Ice
A black and white photograph of three white men unloading a truck. One man stands on the truck's bed and hands down a large bottle-shaped container to another man standing just below the truck's bed, while another man stands off to the side. Several other containers, labeled with numbers, sit under a tarp on the truck.
Dairy Farm Workers
A colored photograph of a group of white men and women playing instruments. They all sit in rows behind music stands.
Deerfield Old Home Day
A colored postcard of a green valley set between three tree-covered hills. To the left of the valley is a large tree and a shrub lined road. The title of the postcard, located along the bottom border, reads "GREETINGS FROM DERRY. N.H."
Derry Farm Scene
A black and white drawing of a cluster of multi-storied buildings sitting on the edge of a body of water. A group of ducks swim in the water and three men fish from the shore in the forefront of the drawing.
Dover Factories
A colored postcard of a wide street lined with multi-storied buildings. The scene is depicted at night, with a full moon in a cloudy sky. All of the buildings have light shining through the windows. A trolley drives down the road with its headlights on. Several people walk along the sidewalks. Decorative iron arches with lightbulbs cross over the street at distanced intervals. The title of the postcard, located in the bottom right-hand corner, reads: "ELM STREET BY NIGHT, MANCHESTER, N. H."
Elm Street By Night
A black and white photograph shows a bird’s eye view of a plot of farmland. The foreground shows a small fenced-in yard with metal fencing dividing it at a diagonal. Inside the yard are small shrubs and a small wooden shack. Beyond the fencing, in the background, are several vertical rows of crops. To the left of the fenced-in yard and the rows of crops is a dirt road, lined by rock walls and small trees. The plot of farmland is surrounded by large trees.
Farmland in New Hampshire
A colored photograph of the same scene displayed four times, with two images placed on top of two other images. In each scene, a path is lined with thin trees. Each scene displays different types of weather and foliage, showing, from left to right: flowering trees with pink blossoms, trees with green leaves, trees with green and yellow leaves, and snow covered trees and path.
Four Seasons
A colored photograph of a white two-storied house, with several multi-storied buildings attached to the back of it. Surrounding the house is a green field and tall trees with green leaves.
Frost Farm
A black and white photograph of a three-storied building with a pointed roof. A sign hanging between the first and second floors, which reads: "J. JONES & SONS." A man and a woman stand in front of the building on steps that lead up to the building from the dirt road. To the left of the man and woman is a horse-drawn wagon with large wheels.
General Store
A black and white photograph of a grassy field to the left of a river, on which several sheep graze.
Grazing Sheep
A black and white photograph of a group of people in a large grassy field. Some drive a team of oxen or horses, which are attached to wagons piled high with hay, while others ride atop farming equipment pulled by a single horse.
Harvesting Hay
A black and white photograph of a man standing in the back of a truck, holding a filled cloth bag over his head. To his left is a triangular tower, off of which hangs fours rows of filled cloth bags. A sign on the tower reads "MILKWEED PODS/COLLECTED LOCALLY."
Harvesting Milkweed
A black and white photograph of two young boys standing in front of a sheep. Both boys look at the sheep, while the boy to the left holds up the sheep's chin.
Kids at Hopkinton State Fair
A black and white photograph of two young boys kneeling on the ground outside, cutting the tops off of peppers. There is a large pot positioned between the boys on the ground. To the left of the boys is a large basket of peppers.
Kids Harvesting Peppers
A black and white photograph of two young boys working in a vegetable garden. The boys are walking along a path between two garden rows. The boy at the front of the photograph holds bundles of carrots in each hand, while the other boy walks behind him.
Kids Helping on a Farm
A colored photograph of a young girl standing between two black and white cows with horns. Behind them is a long, yellow and white striped tent.
Lancaster Fair
A colored painting of a two-story white house with several barns and out buildings in a large grassy field. Behind the buildings are large green hills covered with trees. In front of the buildings are several piles of green hay. Five men with rakes work in the field. A large pile of hay sits on top of a flat wagon, pulled by two brown oxen.
Leete Farm, West Claremont, New Hampshire
A colored painting of a white farm house to the right of a dirt road. To the left of the road is a tall gray barn. The road is lined with rock walls and small trees. A small boy in overalls walks in the center of the lane, holding a raised stick in his right hand. He walks behind two brown cows.
Lewis Nute Farm
A black and white horizontal drawing of a group of men working at various jobs relating to cutting and storing pieces of wood, including splitting wood with an axe or a saw, stacking wood into rectangular blocks, and leading a team of oxen pulling a wagon of round logs. The title of the drawing, located in the upper left-hand corner, reads "LUMBER & Wood Products."
Lumber and Wood Products
Making Maple Syrup Today
A black and white drawing of a sheep with curved horns on its head. The sheep stands on a patch of grass. The title of the drawing, located along the bottom border, reads: "MERINO RAM."
Merino Sheep
A black and white drawing of two groups of people meeting along the shore of a body of water. The two groups trade items with each other in the foreground of the drawing. In the background, people either sit in large canoes or stand along the edges of large ships.
Native Americans and English Trading
A colored photograph of an apple tree, with an old barn in the background.
New England Farm
A black and white drawing of three women doing different activities in front of a large fire place. The woman on the left is sitting and knitting; the woman in the middle stands in front of the knitting woman, with her back turned towards the viewer; and the woman on the right is sitting and reading a book. All three women wear long dresses with long sleeves and bonnets. The fire place has large pieces of furniture on either side of it. Hanging above the fire place is a musket and powder horn. Inside the fire place are several pots hanging from hooks over a small fire.
New England Farm House
A colored painting of a three-story yellow house and barn in a wooded area. A curved dirt path leads to the house. A man, a dog, two sheep, and two cows walk along the path towards the house.
New England Homestead
A colored drawing of a white farm house, several out-buildings, and various farming equipment. Chickens, cows, goats, geese, a dog, and two cats roam around the fields and in front of the house. A horse-drawn carriage with a man and a woman seated in the carriage rides past the house, as a man, woman, and small child watch on from the front yard.
New Hampshire Farm Scene
A horizontal poster showing a black and white photograph of farmland and various out-buildings in a valley surrounded by mountains. The photograph is showcased in an oval frame, surrounded by a colored drawing of apple trees. Above the photograph are the words "NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMS," and below the photograph are the words "YOUR OPPORTUNITY."
New Hampshire Farms: Your Opportunity
A colored vertical poster of a fair ground, with horses, pigs, and cows being displayed. Groups of people walk around looking at the animals, while others watch a horse race in the upper left-hand corner. There are several single-storied buildings in the background of the poster. In the lower left-hand corner, there is a drawing of a cow next to some farming equipment, and there is a drawing of a horse next to some fruits and vegetables in the lower right-hand corner.
New Hampshire Grange Fair and Festival
A colored illustration of a large group of men dressed in long blue coats and pants. All of the men carry either a shovel, a pick-axe, a pitch fork, or a rake. They all walk in straight rows past three large triangle-shaped white tents.
New Hampshire Union Soldiers on Morning Duty
A black and white drawing of three images - a fish, a bundled collection of arrows, and a tree - in a circle surrounded by words written in another language - other than English - along the border.
New Hampshire's First State Seal
A black and white photograph of a large group of people standing in front of a multi-storied building. The building is decorated with American flag banners.
Old Home Celebration
A horizontal black and white poster, showing four images of farms, mountains, and lakes to the left of the words "Come back again…/OLD HOME WEEK/IN/NEW HAMPSHIRE."
Old Home Week Letterhead
A black and white drawing of a group of Black men and women working in a field of tall white plants.
Picking Cotton
A black and white drawing of three men working in a forested landscape that has been fenced off. The man on the right holds up a long stick and digs into the ground with a twisting tool. In front of him are three tools on the ground: a curved axe, a shovel, and a pickaxe. The man in the center digs a large hole with a shovel. To his left is a fallen tree. The third man, bent over on the left side of the drawing, prepares to cut a tree down with a curved axe.
Planting in the Colonies
A colored photograph of a rocky field. A valley of flat land and mountains can be seen in the background.
Rocky Landscape
A colored painting of a mailman presenting a letter to a large group of people gathered in front of a store. Behind the mailman is a square-shaped, horse-drawn carriage.
Rural Free Delivery, 1896
A colored photograph of several rows of brown crops in the snow. Tall trees can be seen bordering the field of crops in the distance.
Snowy Field
A black and white drawing of the interior of a house. On the left side of the drawing, a woman sits behind a tall table with a large wheel attached to it, looking at a small child playing on the floor. To the right of the woman is a large fireplace, with a large pot hung over a fire. On the ground in front of the fireplace is a pile of small pieces of wood and a small stool.
Spinning in the Colonial Kitchen
A colored photograph of a rock wall. Beyond the rock wall is a flat field of green grass, bordered by tall green trees.
Stone Wall
A colored postcard of a group of multi-storied houses and churches facing each other across a green field. At the forefront of the postcard is a curved white picket fence. The title of the postcard, located along the upper border, reads "'Storrowton' New England Village, Eastern States Exposition, Springfield , Mass. 72873 35."
Storrowton New England Village
A colored photograph of a Black man and a young Black boy standing in a field of strawberry plants, each holding strawberries in their hands. The strawberries are planted in long rows.
Strawberry Picking
A colored painting of a farm yard. Scattered around the farm yard are small groups of white men, women, and children interacting with horses, cows, chickens, sheep, turkeys, dogs, and cats. A Black man is seen pushing a plow behind a team of two horses on the painting's left-hand side. To the right of the people and farm animals is a two-storied house and barn.
The Residence of David Twining, 1787
A drawing of a tall green stem with corn growing at the top of it. Beneath the stem are two squashes. Intertwined with the stem is a thin green vine with large green leaves and red beans growing on it.
Three Sisters
A colored painting of a large grassy area, with green and red trees and mountains in the background. On the grassy field are red and brown cows.
View from Lewis Nute Farm
A colored painting of several farm houses on either side of a dirt road. The road is lined with fences on the left and tall rock walls on the right. There are two other rock walls that form squares with the road's rock wall on the right side of the painting. Beyond the fencing on the left side of the painting are various small trees and bushes. A horse-drawn carriage rides down the center of the road, away from the viewer.
View Near Manchester
A colored painting of several groups of Native Americans doing different activities in a large village. A wide vertical path divides the village into two sections. The left side depicts shelters with rounded roofs positioned on a flat piece of land surrounded by trees, while the right side depicts gardens and fields of crops.
Village of Secoton
A colored drawing of a group of people in a snowy landscape. Towards the left side of the drawing are three triangular tents. Behind the tents is a small body of water. Towards the right side of the drawing, a man pulls a seal in from the water, while a group of people pull a canoe in from the water.
Wabanaki Encampment, circa 1000 BCE
A black and white photograph of a group of people posed outside of a long, three-storied bulding. Some of the people stand in clusters in the yard in front of the building while others sit atop a large pile of cut wood. There are also some people standing in the building's doorways, peering out of windows, and sitting on the building's side roof.
Workers at a New Hampshire Factory