Colonial craftsmen

Traces the early development of medicine in colonial America and discusses some of the methods and medications used at that time for treating illness.

Describes what education and the schools were like in colonial times.

Describes the enterprise and commercial development that peddlers brought to the colonies before the establishment of general stores.

Describes the advent of the wig as a fashion necessity in France and England, illustrates popular styles of eighteenth-century wigs, and explains the colonial wigmaker's technique in construction and care of the wig.