to the finder. remember me.

brother charles ferdinand ganebin - ca. 1935stereoview of the inside of church family school - ca. 1870charles brown - to the finder. remember me.letter - june 30, 1871brother ricardo belden - ca. 19581786 meetinghouse at hancock, massachusetts1938 (taken during its dismantling)poplar bark/populus tremuloides - chest detailmount lebanon, ny - ca. 1815ethel (left) and alice smith (right) - ca.

gift of simplicity

all images from documentarythe shakers: hands to work, hearts to god, 1984 *more images here *

the walls are excellent & high & upon an horizontal line

in 1795, when shirley, massachusettes, was a community of 200 shakers living on three thousand acres, an outside observer recorded, "the walls are excellent & high & upon an horizontal line, & as straight as they can be laid."inspired by visionary experiences, the gift drawings bridge the heavenly and the earthly spheres....imaging heaven as a perfectly balanced array of circles, squares, and