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LARCOM COLLECTION – My Prized Posessions
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Letter,
December 21-22, 1882 – This is
a letter that I purchased on eBay from Lucy
to a fan, also enclosed is a poem.
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Letter,
May 30th – This is another
letter that I have recently purchased on
eBay. It is to a friend talking about her
not being able to visit Newburyport. She
mentions calling on Mr. Whittier in
Newburyport when she gets there, and she
talks about visiting her sister, Lydia
Baker.
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Handwritten
Poem published in The New England magazine – This
is a high resolution scan of a poem handwritten
by Lucy and published in The New England
magazine, Vol. 18, Issue 22, April 1895,
pp. 155-156. Courtesy of Cornell
University Library's Making of America Digital
Archives.
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Book
Collection – This is my collection
of Lucy books from the 1800's.
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Larcom's Poetical Works,
household edition, with illustrations, signed
copy, 1861.
- A New England Girlhood - Outlined From
Memory, 1889.
- Lucy Larcom - Life, Letters and Diary,
1894 by Daniel Dulany Addison.
- The Unseen Friend, 1892.
- Beckonings For Every Day - A Calendar
of Thought, 1893.
- Roadside Poems for Summer Travellers, 1876.
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Book
Inscription – This is an inscription
by Lucy on the inside of my edition
of Larcom's Poetical Works.
It says, "Will Mrs. Fields accept these
few common wild flowers with the love of Lucy
Larcom? Norton, May 22, 1861."
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Advertisement
for Grocer – This is a postcard
size advertisement for "Deep Sea Mess Mackerel"
with the popular Lucy poem on the reverse side,
"Hannah Binding Shoes."
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- back
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Thanksgiving
Postcard – This is a postcard
designed and illustrated by John Winsch in 1911
with a small poem by Lucy.
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Easter
Postcard – This is another postcard
designed and illustrated by John Winsch in 1911
with a small poem by Lucy.
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Star
Authors Card Game – This
is a card game circa 1888 by McLoughlin
Brothers, New
York featuring several cards of Lucy Larcom,
one of which is a pen and ink portrait.
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Letter
to Lucy from Clara Barton – This
is a letter written from Clara Barton to Lucy
Larcom.
I do not own this letter - it was sold on eBay
recently, and I shamelessly took a screenshot
of the large picture :)
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One
of Lucy's Paintings – This is
a painting that was on exhibit at the Beverly
Hisorical Society. Lucy liked to paint
nature in its purest form as if documenting
new specie. :) They are well done and so full
of her energy.
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Another
of Lucy's Paintings – Here is
another painting by Lucy also on exhibit at
the Beverly Historical Society.
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Birthplace
of Lucy Larcom Souvenir Spoon – This
is a souvenir spoon that I purchased on
eBay. Sterling silver, with etching of
Lucy's family home on the cup of the spoon. Here's
a souvenir
spoon website with another picture
of a Lucy Souvenir Spoon.
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Wheaton
Seminary - Lucy Larcom Hall, Norton, Mass. – This
is a postcard that I purchased on eBay
for $0.99. It shows Lucy Larcom Hall, a
dormitory named after her at Wheaton Seminary
(where she taught for so many years).
This postcard is special becuase after
receiving it in the mail, I noticed the back
of the card has something interesting
on it. If you look closely, you can see
the imprint
of a four leaf clover, a shamrock, and
it was post marked on my father's birthday,
Oct. 20. You can see more pictures of Larcom
Hall here.
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