Photos tagged as museums
Travel Photography Photos tagged as museums
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Fort Bldgs
At the Jamestown Settlement facility built by the State of Virginia, the original Buildings at Fort James have been reconstructed in replica form.
- Date: 1 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Jamestown, USA
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Fort Well
This is an example of a bucket for pulling water from a well
- Date: 1 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Jamestown, USA
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Blacksmith
There was a blacksmith fairly early on in Fort James, but only to repair tools and armor.
- Date: 1 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Jamestown, USA
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Armory
The initial settlement was a Fort populated by Soldiers.
- Date: 1 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Jamestown, USA
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Fort Gate
At the Jamestown Settlement, the Fort walls were constructed from sawn lumber. Archeologists have since determined that split logs were used for the walls.
- Date: 1 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Jamestown, USA
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Fort_Corner
The round corners have not been reconstructed at the Historic Jamestown site, but have been at the Jamestown Settlement.
- Date: 1 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Jamestown, USA
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Day 91 - Jamestown Ships, Susan Constant Stove
This is from the replica of the Susan Constant, the largest of the three ships carrying the first settlers to Jamestown in 1607
- Date: 1 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Jamestown, USA
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Day 91 - Jamestown Ships, Susan Constant Cabin
This is a replica of cabin where the 54 passengers stayed during the voyage to Jamestown in 1607
- Date: 1 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Jamestown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, John Locke Portrait
John Locke was a English philosepher who died in 1704. His writings were very influential on the founding fathers. Thomas Jefferson called him one of the most important men in history.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
- Tags: museums revolutionary_war
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Day 90 - YVC, Example of Signage
This is just one example of the excellant signage throughout the museum exhibits
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Town Drawing
This is what Yorktown looked like in 1781 before the battle. The Nelson house is the largest one just to the left.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day_83_-_Cape Charles Museum, Generator
This thing was giagantic (notice the bench in front of it). The museum is housed in the old electrical plant (I think).
- Date: 23 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Norfolk, USA
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Day_83_-_Cape Charles Museum, Switchboard
I actually worked on one of these at a temp job once in the mid 1970's (it should have been in a museum then too!)
- Date: 23 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Norfolk, USA
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Day_83_-_Cape Charles Museum, Mom & Mary
Mary was keeping the Museum open for it's last weekend before winter. She agreed to pose for a picture, but didn't seem too thrilled to do it. She was very helpful however and even ran the generator for us (simulated).
- Date: 23 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Norfolk, USA
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Day 81 - Museum of Small Town Life, Dressmaker Shop
In 1900, most small towns would have a dressmaker's shop, such as this.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Museum of Small Town Life
This building was never a church, although it looks very much like one. It was built as a meeting house for a church that was next door, but now houses the Museum of Small Town Life for Delaware.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Museum of Small Town Life, Carpenter's Shop
In 1900, most small towns would have a carpenter or woodworking shop. They could make just about any wood products needed by the local folks.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Museum of Small Town Life, Print Etchings
In 1900, any drawings or pictures that needed to be printed had to be carved or etched (in reverse!). This was a fairly difficult and expensive process, so pictures tended to be resused.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Museum of Small Town Life, Wood Molding
Today, fancy wood molding in rooms or on furniture are made using a router. In 1900, they were shaved by hand using a planer with a special blade cut to the particular shape of the final molding.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Museum of Small Town Life, Wood Splitting
In 1900, lumber was often split by hand from logs using tools such as this (notice the mallet)
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Museum of Small Town Life, Drug store products
These are typical of the products sold by a drugstore in 1900. Druggests often made the diagnosis and prescription as well as selling the products.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Museum of Small Town Life, Drugstore
Drugstores were an essential business in small towns. The colored water bottles were a symbol for Drugstore. They helped identify the type of business (like barbershop poles), since many people still could not read.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, White House Model
Wes was my guide for the upstairs portion of the museum. This is the Victrola model used in the Music Room in the White House in 1910.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Radio Model
When Victrola first incorporated radio's and record players, they put the vacuum tubes outside so they could be easily changed
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Reproducers
Early record players had no electronics. Needles had to magnify sound using mechanical devices only, which were called reproducers. Initially they used mica, but later moved to aluminum.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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