PHOTO OF THE DAY November 28, 2004  

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Where Canterbury, New Hampshire
When 1989
Photographer Sam Abell

"The [Shaker] dwelling-house bathroom at Canterbury bespeaks communal life. The rocking chairs were placed in front of sinks perhaps on a whim by the sister who lives there."

—From "The Shakers' Brief Eternity," September 1989, National Geographic magazine


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