Photos tagged as museums

Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Sweetgrass Baskets

These were for sale and we saw quite a few shops along the 'Sweetgrass Basket' highway. Slaves brought their knowledge of how to weave baskets from Africa with them and adopted them to local grasses and reeds.

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Sign

This was a shop, but has been expanded to a somewhat informal museum by the shop owner and his wife.

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Midwife Quilt

A midwife would use a quilt like this to explain the birthing process to an expectant mother. Each section illustrates a different step.

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, History_Quilt

This lovely quilt tells the store of the Gullah people, from being captured and enslaved to America. You can purchase it for about $3,500

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Dolls

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Andrew Rodrigues

This was our host for the Gullah shop and museum. He was very knowledgeable but insisted only only one picture.

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_104_-_Rice Museum_Bldg_2

The Rice Museum in Georgetown is contained in two separate buildings. This one has wrought iron facing on the street level.

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_104_-_Rice_Museum

This part of the Rice Museum is in the old public market.

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Maritime Museum Life_Car

This was built about 1890 for the USLife Saving Service to save people from shipwrecks

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Maritime Museum, Liquor_Chest

This 18th century liquor chest was one of the luxury items afforded a ships captain. This one carried 8 bottles, 2 tumblers and 3 stemed wine glasses - all hand blown

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Maritime Museum, Blackbeards_Cannon2

One of the cannon recovered from a shipwreck believed to be Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard's flagship.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Maritime Museum, Blackbeard Artifacts

These were recovered from a local shipwreck believed to be Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard's flagship.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Maritime Museum, Cannon Signage

This sign shows how a cannon was loaded in the early 1700's.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Maritime Museum, Outboard Signage

An example of the excellant signage and exhibits on display at this museum in Beaufort, NC

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Maritime Museum, Outboard_Motor

This was just one of a series of Outboard Motors on display to show the evolution of outboards

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_..Fort Macon, Enlisted Qtrs_Right

Part of a life sized diarama of enlisted mens quarters as it may have appeared during the civil war.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Rifling Signage

The signage in this museum was excellant. This one explains what rifling is.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, View of_Ocean

You can see a slight view of the ocean from the top of the fort.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, 6 Pound_Cannon

This is an 1841 6 Pound Cannon, the smallest sized cannon used in the Civil War. A seven man gun crew operated it.

Date: 11 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Laundress Diorama

Army regulations allowed hiring up to four laundresses per company. These were often the wives of enlisted men or civilian women who lived near the fort. At Fort Macon, the pay was $1 per month per soldier plus a food ration.