Effects on Children
Featured Artifacts – The Home Front
Many regional schools were closed during the war since
students were needed at home to help on the farm doing chores once
performed by adults.
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WRITING
SLATE BOX
and PENCILS
Viola James owned the writing box and would have used similar school
supplies.
Pasquotank County
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TRUNK,
Doll
Used by children at Bayside Plantation.
Pasquotank County
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DOLL, Named “Libby”
Blue china eyes that open and close are set in a wax-coated head that
is sewn to a cloth body.
Pasquotank County
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SHOES,
Child
New shoes patented in 1859 were owned by a member of the Hollowell
family
of Bayside Plantation.
Pasquotank
County
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