Photos tagged as pioneer

Day 136 - Oldest Wooden School

This was originally constructed between 1780 and 1788 as a dwelling of red cedar & cypress. It was later used as a school from 1854 to 1864. The structure is original (not a reconstruction).

• Date: 15 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Saint Augustine, USA: gallery
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Day 136 - Old Drug Store & Mom

• Date: 15 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Saint Augustine, USA: gallery
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Day 135 - Florida Museum, Mom Playing

Mom was actually quite good at some of the pioneer games of skill. This one is called Jacob' Ladder.

• Date: 14 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Saint Augustine, USA: gallery
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Day 135 - Florida Museum, Mom as Statue

A lot of general stores had a statue of an indian out front during the 1800's. Mom is trying to look just like the Indian here, she's not upsted - just miming.

• Date: 14 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Saint Augustine, USA: gallery
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Day 135 - Florida Museum, 1800 School

There were samples of paper and quill pens with ink in the back so you could try your hand at pen & ink writing.

• Date: 14 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Saint Augustine, USA: gallery
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Day 135 - Florida Museum, 1800 Cabin

A typical pioneer home for a Florida homesteader in the 1800's was an 8' x 12' shack called a "single pen"

• Date: 14 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Saint Augustine, USA: gallery
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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: gallery
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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: gallery
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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: gallery
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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: gallery
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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: gallery
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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: gallery
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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: gallery
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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: gallery
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Day 81 - Museum of Small Town Life, General Store

• Date: 21 November 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Dover, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Walsh House Writing Desk

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Walsh House Window

I really liked this window and the view of the garden outside. The picture is not out of focus - the antique glass is not a smooth as modern glass.

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Walsh House Relief's

These are wax relief's of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Sherburne House Window

These look very similar to the windows that were used in the Fairbanks house (to the untrained eye). The panes are held together by lead.

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Sherburne House

This is the oldest house at the Museum. It was built in 1695.

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Shapiro House, Mbdrm

The Shapiro's were a Jewish family who immigrated from Russia to escape religous persecution. Several such familys settled in the Portsmouth, NH area.

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Shapiro House, Mollies Room

This family had only one daughter, so she had more room and things than many children of the time. She was about ten at the time illustrated.

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Shapiro House, Mbdrm Info

While the Jewish people were severely persecuted in Tzarist Russia before they immigrated, their faith remained strong in their new country.

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Sugar

The cooking demonstration we saw was based on about 1790. Sugar was still sold as a bulk product at that time, not as a packaged product.

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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Day 50 - Strawbery Banke Museum, Ration Stamps

Again, I'm sorry for the fuzzy picture - but these are actual ration stamps that were used in WWII. By restricting food purchases at home (in the US), more food could be made available to support the troops.

• Date: 21 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Portsmouth, USA: gallery
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