Tag Archives: Susanna Adams Winn

Ballad of the War of 1812

May 16, 2017Blog19th century, 20th century, Arlington Historical Society, Arlington History, Ball gown, Elizabeth Smith, Hannah Hall Cutter, history, Nina Winn, plays, poems, Red Cross, Richard A. Duffy, Robbins Sisters, Smith Museum, Susanna Adams Winn, Textiles, War of 1812, West Cambridge, Winn Family, World War 1, World War ISara Lundberg

On Tuesday, April 24, 1917, Nina Winn wrote about attending a Historical Society event in which “Aunt Sue read a poem & Elizabeth Smith wore the ball dress she wrote of – made by Hannah Hall [later Mrs. Cyrus Cutter] & given by Mrs. Sterling & Mrs. Bates. Then the ‘[Old] Peabody Pew’ was presented and … Continue reading Ballad of the War of 1812 →

Knowing Susanna Adams Winn

June 29, 2013Blog19th century, Arlington Historical Society, Arlington History, cut paper, diaries, George Prentiss Winn, George WInn, paper portraits, portraits, residents, Sarah Prentiss, silhouette, silhouettes, Society Papers Read, Summer Street, Susanna Adams Winn, West Cambridge, Winn FamilyLisa Welter

[box]This is the third installment of three on the Winn Family Silhouette Album. The prior installments are here: The Winn Silhouette Album — Roots in Arlington, MA; Types, Techniques and Analysis of Silhouettes[/box] In the collection of Winn diaries there were only five diaries for the decade spanning 1870 to 1880, two of which were … Continue reading Knowing Susanna Adams Winn →

Types, Techniques and Analysis of Silhouettes

June 24, 2013Blog19th century, Arlington History, cut paper, paper portraits, portraits, residents, silhouette, silhouettes, Summer Street, Susanna Adams Winn, West Cambridge, Winn FamilyLisa Welter

[box]This is the second installment of three on the Winn Family Silhouette Album. The first is here: The Winn Silhouette Album — Roots in Arlington, MA[/box] There are three basic types of silhouettes: painted, hollow-cut or cut-out. Painted silhouettes were most frequently created using black ink or paint to apply the likeness to a base, … Continue reading Types, Techniques and Analysis of Silhouettes →

The Winn Silhouette Album — Roots in Arlington, MA

June 17, 2013Blog19th century, Albert Winn, album, Arlington History, carte-de-visite, Sarah Prentiss, shadow portrait, silhouette, silhouettes, Susanna Adams Winn, Victorian, West Cambridge, Winn FamilyLisa Welter

[box]This is part one of a three part series on the Winn silhouette album[/box] In 1999, the Arlington Historical Society (Arlington, MA) received a collection of artifacts, images and documents that belonged to the family of Albert and Sarah (Prentiss) Winn who settled in the town of West Cambridge (now Arlington) in 1835. Among the … Continue reading The Winn Silhouette Album — Roots in Arlington, MA →

Nina Louise Winn

March 28, 2009Blog19th century, Arlington History, George Prentiss Winn, Melissa Sarah Bacon, Mystic Street, Nina Louise Winn, Summer Street, Susanna Adams Winn, West Cambridge, Winn FamilyDoreen Stevens

Nina Louise Winn was born in 1877, the youngest child of George Prentiss Winn and Melissa Sarah Bacon, who died when Nina was only nine. Two other siblings, Edith Lily and Arthur, died young, leaving Nina and her big brother George living with their father George Prentiss Winn near the corner of Summer and Mystic … Continue reading Nina Louise Winn →