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Word: wrentham (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Once inside the museum, the visitor leaves Olde England behind and steps into the Newe. From Wrentham, Mass., the museum brought a 17th century "keeping room," with furniture owned by Peregrine White, who was born on the Mayflower. Beyond that room is an 18th century staircase with its handy "valuables bag"-a homespun linen sack into which valuables could be thrown and, in case of fire, hurled out the window. Next come two connecting rooms from a house in Lee, N.H.-a kitchen-living room and a "borning" or "measles" room with a tiny cradle. From then on, the Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Olde & the Newe | 7/14/1961 | See Source »

...Trappistine nuns, the women's branch of the Trappists, produce four types of expensive candies (e.g., caramels, butter nut-munch) at St. Mary's Abbey in Wrentham, Mass., sell them at de luxe shops throughout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industry: Render unto Caesar | 1/20/1961 | See Source »

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