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At the Nabb Research Center...
Information at 410-543-6312
Holiday Open House
and Exhibit Opening
Wednesday, December 2, 4 - 6 p.m.
Nabb Research Center Reading Room & Gallery
Please visit the Reading Room to see
the rich variety of historical resources available for research.
Join the Nabb staff and volunteers in our new gallery space to celebrate
the opening of An Eastern Shore Holiday:
Greetings and Gifts exhibit. |
An
Eastern Shore Holiday: Greetings and Gifts
Nov. 30 - Dec. 18
MWF 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Nabb Research Center Gallery
Using a wide variety of Victorian postcards with their sentimental
greetings and variant views of Christmas and its symbols as a backdrop,
the Nabb Center presents a changing view of the holiday season and gift
giving from 1880-1920. The Wicomico County Historical Society’s vast
collection of toys and household artifacts demonstrates clearly how the
affluent Victorian society became preoccupied with a visible display of
possessions and of wealth. For the first time in America, leisure time
provided an opportunity for gift-giving and for a display of that
new-found wealth. Toys are more elaborate and much more numerous than
in previous periods. Likewise, for those in “Newtown” and Camden
Avenue’s “Millionaire’s Row” in Salisbury, wealth is evident in the
choices of objects with which people decorated their homes. This
exhibit provides a glance back into a bygone time, with its love of
conspicuous consumption. The exhibit is free and open to the public. |
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Nabb Research Center
Student Internships
The Nabb Research Center offers four internship opportunities. These internships
include: Archival Management, Educational Studies, Exhibit Design, and Public
Relations. Also included are internships through the CMAT, English, and History
departments. To learn more, plese
visit our site.
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June 2009 Bi-annual Shoreline Available by Membership Only
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