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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Matrushka Toys—now in a new Great Barrington location

Now in its seventeenth year of business, this woman-owned shop is known by its iconic mushroom logo, chosen "as something whimsical that captured the magic of childhood."

Connections: Contagion

In 1785, the problem was that inoculation against Small Pox was outlawed in many states including Massachusetts. People who had suffered and survived a ravaging disease now faced prosecution.
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