Sign-“Who would Turn Back 2 Hundred Yeare, Let him A light & Enter Here”

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People donate all sorts of unusual items to museums. This wooden sign, painted by Dorothea Hyde Allen in 1923, hung from a tree outside a tearoom and shop operated by Matilda Hyde in Deerfield, Massachusetts. When the shop closed, the sign was saved and donated to Memorial Hall Museum by a descendant, Frederick Hyde, in 1981. Without the sign to remind us, we may forget that Deerfield once had a shop where one could stop for afternoon tea.

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Item typePublic Announcements
Sign
CreatorHyde, Dorothea
Datecirca 1923
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicCommerce, Business, Trade, Consumerism
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialWood; Metal
Process/FormatWoodworking
Dimension detailsHeight: 42.00 in Width: 40.00 in
Catalog #1981.03b
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Hyde, Dorothea. [Sign-“Who would Turn Back 2 Hundred Yeare, Let him A light & Enter Here”.] ca. 1923. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1981-03b/. Accessed on December 6, 2024.

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