cast iron stoves & cheese baskets
windows & borrowed light 
walking wheels & rocking chairs
dovetail joints formed by Brother Ricardo Belden
pink purple checked & iridescent silk kerchiefs
dual staircases for sisters & brethren
oval boxes in chrome yellow, red lead & blue
machine shop, azure sky

Shaker Design Stamps USPS
photographs by Michael Freeman

of Fruitlands Museum Harvard MA
of Pleasant Hill Shaker Village Harrodsburg KY
of South Union Shaker Village Auburn KY
of Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon, New Lebanon NY
of Canterbury Shaker Village Canterbury NH
of Hancock Shaker Village Pittsfield MA

2024 marks the 250th anniversary of the Shakers arrival 
in the port of New York


learn more about the stamps on the USPS website
visit Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum