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BCHS museum and library collections comprise the greatest survival of significant Bergen Dutch artifacts and documents in the public domain. Some objects are on view at the Campbell-Christie House. Info largely based on The Tree of Life: Selections from Bergen County Folk Art and Ladies Ramble, Quilts from the collections of the BCHS.

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George Washington and Nathanael Greene

Watercolors by Thomas Stothard, 1783

Portrait of Garret D. Demarest

Age 6, one of 4 sons of Daniel P. Demarest of The Flatts, now Oradell, along the Hackensack River. c. 1827
By James Van Dyke. Pastel on newspaper. 27-1/2" x 22-1/2". 2 brothers on view at the Steuben House.

Washington Memorial

Painted miniatures on a background of silk-floss embroidery. Inset portraits thought to be painted by John Trumbull.

Hackensack Valley spoon racks

Spoon board, Bergen County, 1791. Inscribed "L DMR P DMR: on face, "P+D 1791" on reverse, chip carved, 3 strips for 12 spoons. Petrus Demarest married Lea Blauvelt at Tappan, October 30, 1793, 21-1/2" x 8".

Hackensack Valley spoon racks

Spoon board, Schraalenburgh (now Bergenfield) 1734. Inscribed "D ANNO 1734 M H / David Demarest," married October 29, 1736, at Schraalenburgh, 14" x 8-3/4".

Hackensack Valley spoon racks

Spoon board, Bergen County, late 17 c. or early 18 c. chip carved, picturing a Kas with 3 potted plants, three ledges for 12 spoons, knoblike peak has a carved face, 24" x 8".

Hackensack Valley spoon racks

Hackensack Valley Spoon Boards are simple backboards with three ledges usually pierced to insert a dozen spoon handles. These jackknife relics of the delightful custom of giving handmade emblems were made to speak the donor's affections. After marriage, it can be assumed a spoon was given each time a child was christened. The 12 openings for spoons indicated the hoped for size of families in olden times.

Sale of the American Coastal Sloop “Union”

October 18, 1794, Manuscript

Kas or Dutch cupboard

Every Jersey Dutch household stored handmade cloth, bedding and blankets in a Kas or Dutch Cupboard. This one displays Bergen Dutch quilts and coverlets, including the popular indigo-dyed wool and natural-white linen coverlets produced by local weavers.

Kas or Dutch cupboard

Served as storage for household cloth such as towels, sheets and bedding. c. 1775 to 1800.

Oldest dated Hackensack Cupboard 1802

Descended in the Mowry family in Paramus. Cruder then later matchstick examples.

Pine cupboard, Hackensack Valley, c. 1860.

Two sections: Top has butterfly shelves, 12 glass panes. Typical county mullions; base has 4 drawers and 2 doors supported on modified French foot. Matchstick designs across frieze under cornice. Stepped molding is both straight and slanting. On the stiles, drawers and doors; horizontal and vertical reeding.

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