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Category: Virtual History

“Threads” Lecture Series

Posted on June 12, 2020November 5, 2020

We’ve assembled a stand-out crowd of lecturers for this summer and fall! Textile experts Diane Fagan Affleck, formerly of the American Textile History Museum, Lynne Bassett, author of Northern Comfort: New England’s Early Quilts 1780-1850 and co-author of Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts & Context in the Civil War, Jennifer Swope, Assistant Curator at the MFA’s David and…

#PHSFamilyArtChallenge

Posted on April 9, 2020April 10, 2020

Challenge No. 2: John Paul Jones Coat of Arms This coat of arms was copied by Virginial Lowell from an image on file at the Masonic Library in Boston. A coat of arms was meant to tell the history and achievements of a family with images and symbols. John Paul Jones’ arms, therefore, have a…

PHS Family Art Challenge

Posted on March 31, 2020April 10, 2020

Stuck inside? So are we! So we’re starting a Family Art Challenge at the Portsmouth Historical Society. We’ll be posting some pictures, some coloring pages, and suggestions for creating artwork. We encourage all ages to participate, just post in a comment or use the #PHSFamilyArtChallenge tag. Challenge #1: Milliner’s Box This box is probably from…

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