A Talk by Martha Nichols on the Occasion of the Centennial, March 2026 Sandwich Home Industries, founded in 1926 in Sandwich, New Hampshire, has been a cornerstone of the town’s creative and economic life for a century. What began as a modest rug exhibition organized by a few dedicated women grew into a cooperative craft enterprise that helped shape the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen — the first state-supported craft organization in the United States. From its origins in a