Alice Morse Earle
Alice Morse Earle was an American historian and writer from Worcester, Massachusetts.
Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
Uncover a vibrant and colorful past as this book explores American fashion history, correcting what you thought you knew about how the first settlers dressed.
By Alice Morse Earle
Colonial dames and good wives
Discover the untold stories of early American women who shaped society through marriage, widowhood, and community engagement in the burgeoning colonies.
By Alice Morse Earle
Colonial days in old New York
Experience a bygone era where the echoes of cowbells and the diligence of early settlers laid the foundation for a new society.
By Alice Morse Earle
Child Life in Colonial Days
Discover the untold stories of colonial America's youngest inhabitants as they navigate a world of survival, education, and play in a new land.
By Alice Morse Earle
Customs and Fashions in Old New England
Discover a long-ago world of Puritan families, where each day was a struggle for survival and tradition shaped every part of life, from cradle to grave.
By Alice Morse Earle
Home Life in Colonial Days
Discover how early American settlers overcame challenges to build homes and establish their way of life in a new world.
By Alice Morse Earle
Sabbath in Puritan New England
Step into colonial New England to witness the solemn yet quirky traditions of a people whose Sundays shaped their entire world.
By Alice Morse Earle
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
Venture into a world where shame was law and public humiliation the sentence, revealing the strange and unsettling punishments of America's past.
By Alice Morse Earle
Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth
Discover how early settlers transformed the American landscape into havens of beauty, tradition, and resilience, one seed at a time.
By Alice Morse Earle
In old Narragansett; romances and realities
In colonial Rhode Island, wealthy planters live alongside Native Americans and slaves, where love and harsh realities intertwine in this picture of a bygone era.
By Alice Morse Earle
Stage-coach and Tavern Days
Discover a time when stagecoaches ruled the roads and taverns were the beating heart of a pious and developing nation.
By Alice Morse Earle