From Portland to Cambridge

Wooden cockerel.

Photograph

Courtesy National Park Service, Longfellow National Historic Site LONG 13997.

Erny's miniature toy rooster, one of many toys preserved at the Longfellow National Historic Site. Carved from wood and then painted in bright naturalistic colors, the toy resurfaced 1977 in the attic of Craigie House and is displayed here for the first time.