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B. Sullivan

Jan 17, 2021

Minstrelsy / Minstrel Show / Black Face

Please note that the while this topic is sensitive, and the performance of blackface is unthinkable today, it is being presented in this...

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Jan 17, 2021

Organza or Organdy?

Prior to working at this museum, I had a vague idea of the different fabrics created from natural materials such as cotton. However,...

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Jan 17, 2021

"He was an on'ry ole cuss..."

That is the line that caught my eye when I was scanning a file on an antebellum slave-made [gaming] table. This assessment came from his...

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Jan 17, 2021

Presidential Chairs

We are fortunate to have three chairs on exhibit that were used by presidents. Two Campeche chairs and one Federal side chair. The two...

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Jan 17, 2021

Scrap Book?

Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed By The General Assembly of Virginia, 1876-77. Published in Richmond in 1877 and bound by W. E. Simons &...

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Jan 17, 2021

Payne Limner

Ann Spotswood Payne’s Portrait Returns to the Museum! (The conserved portrait will be unveiled at our September 17th Annual Meeting. The...

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Jan 17, 2021

Home-Front

We are in the 100th and 75th anniversaries of World Wars I and II. In addition to the military exhibit pieces, we have included...

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Jan 17, 2021

James Madison and Edward Tiffin

The James Madison Museum of Orange County Heritage is pleased to announce the donation of a land grant certificate, dated August 15,...

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Jan 17, 2021

One spinning wheel the same as the others?

Historians have not been able to pinpoint the who, when and where, so…once upon a time, sometime between 500 and 1,000 A. D., somewhere...

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Dec 7, 2015

Grinder and Bench

The use of snuff was very popular in Spain and by the mid-to-late 1700s, snuff production was a Spanish Royal monopoly. Thus, the roots...