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Volunteer Alfred Carlson, a member of Friends of the Alfred Shaker Museum, sweeps the front steps at the museum. Top, Shaker seed boxes from“The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World,” the exhibition of Shaker art and artifacts on view at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff photographer
ALFRED, ME - JUNE 10: The Alfred Shaker Museum Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer)
ALFRED, ME - JUNE 10: A picture album of early shakers on display in the Alfred Shaker Museum Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer)
Bonnets on view at the Farnsworth Art Museum.
ALFRED, ME - JUNE 10: Spinning wheels on display at the Alfred Shaker Museum Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer)
Above, a winnowing machine and other tools on display at the Alfred Shaker Museum.At left, Shaker tools, from the Farnsworth show.
Shaker rocking chair that was adapted to a wheelchair, on view at the Farnsworth Art Museum.
The settlement at Sabbathday Lake is the only Shaker community still active, with three living members, a tree farm, orchard, gardens, hay fields, pastures and livestock.
Shaker tools, from the Farnsworth show.
Shaker seed boxes from “The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World,” the exhibition of Shaker art and artifacts on view at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland.
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