submitted by Meredith Rhindress
Take a trip back in time at the Stephentown Post Office. A local resident has loaned her Tasha Tudor collection for exhibit in the Stephentown Historical Society display case there. [private] You will see a well-loved doll and her complete hand-sewn wardrobe created by Tasha Tudor, quilt, storage trunk and miniature games and toys, as well as several Tudor books showing her enchanting illustrations.
Tasha Tudor (1915-2008) was a New England artist and children’s book author and illustrator. She followed a “path to yesterday” for herself and family, deliberately choosing to lead a 19th century farm life without electricity or other modern conveniences. She shared this world in detailed pastel and watercolor illustrations in her many books for children.
The collection on display is the result of many fortunate and magical childhood summers spent as a neighbor to the Tudor family, playing with their children and listening to Tasha read the classics of children’s literature. Tudor made this gift doll in 1953 from a head she shaped from plastic wood, a body of chamois stuffed with sawdust, limbs of birch, and a mohair wig, and created her wardrobe for all seasons over the years.[/private]