The Real Hitty has a LOT of Stuff!
(And you wonder why our Hittys want presents!)
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The pictures were taken
through glass, so there may be some glare apparent.
All of these items were in the display case with the Real Hitty at Stockbridge,
September 2006.
The rug is original to the Glass House.
The rug is original to the Glass House.
Blue book: "Carl's Visit to Child Island" by Aunt
Laura, 1863
The Bible, Ninth Edition
A Sweetgrass Basket
"Dew-Drop", published by the American Tract Society
Hitty's desk.
Her box is covered with paper, and the inside isn't covered at all,
the outside paper just wraps to the inside.
If you look closely at the paper wrapped to the inside rim, you can see how
faded the outer cover has become.
You can also see the bit of the ribbon that ties around the box. It was fastened
through a hole in the sides of the box.
On the lid, there is a small cut-out picture of Hitty from the book, with the
hand-printed words "Miss Hitty Preble" above it,
and "Handle With Care!" under it, in ink. In the book, the picture
has
this caption: "My spirit was willing but my pegs were not."
(pg 137, Hitty Her First Hundred Years)
This pillow was original to the Glass House.
Hitty's Calico 'Summer' Quilt
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Two darling tiny little dolls.
Hitty's daguerreotype, in which she is wearing her original brown sprigged
calico dress.