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Archive for April 2020

FIC: Stories of items “Found In Collection” #3 – The Evolution of a Uniform

By Mark Riccetti | April 20, 2020

Most of the following piece on the Brookside Yanks and the jersey in our collection, was written by Operations Director Mark Riccetti, Jr. and published over a year ago in…

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FIC: Stories of items “Found in Collection” #2 – Snow White and the Seven…… Shoes?

By Mark Riccetti | April 14, 2020

        The following is the next in a series of blog posts titled “FIC: Stories of Items “Found in Collection”. FIC is a museum industry term for…

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