Have you checked out our expanded May Woolsey exhibit yet? May Woolsey was born November 13, 1866 and died on September 21, 1879 of viral encephalitis, likely stemming from a mosquito bite, when she was 12 years old. May’s grieving parents gathered up her childhood belongings, placed them in a trunk, and sealed it in a wall under the staircase of their home at 916 E Street, creating a time capsule of a child’s life in Sacramento in the 1870s. The trunk was found 100 years later when a new owner of the house was doing renovations. The trunk’s contents, over 600 items, offer a rare glimpse of life in Sacramento during the 1870s. This special interactive exhibit is presented by the Sacramento Pioneers Association and the Society of the Blind. • • • #newexhibit #sacramento #maywoolsey #oldsac #oldsacramento #hereinsac #sachistorymuseum