Photos tagged as museums
Travel Photography Photos tagged as museums
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Day 61 - Watch & Clock Museum, Factory Photo
New England Clock makers were very successful and rich, but their wealth didn't filter down to their workers. Low wages (1.50/day) and long hours (10 hrs/day) led to a labor strike in 1889 at the Ingraham Clock Factory.
- Date: 1 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Hartford, USA
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Day 61 - American Watch & Clock Museum, Watch Exhibit
Just an example of the types of exhibits on display. There were several cases of watches, many more of clocks. Each one was well marked as to what it was, who made it, and when. Most of the clocks are in working order (I couldn't tell about the watches).
- Date: 1 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Hartford, USA
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Day 61 - American Watch & Clock Museum, 17th Century tower Clock
The museum also has several very large clocks or clock mechanisms on display, including this one from a large Church Tower, probably made in the late 1600's.
- Date: 1 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Hartford, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Shipyard
This is part of the museum, but is also actively used to restore or repair old wooden ships.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Rope - Yarn Twisting
This machine was in the Plymouth Cordage Company. It twists Yarn into Strands for making rope.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Rope - How It's Made
An example of the excellant information signs throughout Old Mystic Seaport.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Spinning Loft
Plymouth Cordage Company - this is where material was spun into yarn for making rope. Notice the large, specialized spinning wheel in the background.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Rope History
The diagram in the upper right shows rope being made in ancient Egypt - the first known example of twisted rope making.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Replica of Brant Point Lighthouse
This is a replica of Nantucket Island's Brant Point Lighthouse. The light stands only 26 feet above the water and is the lowest in New England, but can still be seen for ten miles.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Print Shop Type Trays
The capital letters are in the upper tray, small letters in the lower tray, the source of our terms for Upper and Lower case.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Print Shop Interior
Phil, the man working in the print shop, actually used the press on the far right to print a flier for me!
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Print Shop
The museum consists of both boats and buildings such as would be in a seaport community such as this in 1870, including a print shop.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Rope Making Drawing
This drawing shows how rope was made during colonial times. A rope maker was in Boston as early as 1641.
- Date: 31 October 2007
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- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Mill
By 1870, must homemakers did not weave their own cloth, but might have taken their yarn to a local Mill. This is the mill that was in Mystic.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Middle Wharf
The wharf is set up as it would have been in 1870. The Whaling boat, Charles W. Morgan is in the water at the left. Various businesses line the street ready to provide services to the ships that tied up on the wharf.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Mast Hoop Building
Just one example of the types of businesses that sprang up in a seaport village such as Mystic in the late 1800's
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, L.A. Dunton
The L.A. Dunton is an American fishing schooner built in Essex, MA in 1921.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Joseph Conrad
Of the three tall ships at the museum, this is the only one that was closed for boarding. I believe it is still being used for training sails.
- Date: 31 October 2007
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- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Grocery Interior
The products shown are representative of a neighborhood grocery store of 1870. Packaged goods were just starting to replace bulk goods (the large boxes) at this time.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Grocery Store
A typical neighborhood grocery store of 1870.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Gerda III
This simple boat was used to service lighthouses in Denmark during WWII. The crew decided to try to use their boat to help Jews escape to Sweden. Gerda III rescued over 300 Jews in groups of 10 - 15 in October, 1943.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, LA Dunton Forecastle
This was the living area for a crew of 15, including galley. The fishing boat made about 18 trips a year to various fishing grounds.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Fish Flake
Before refridgeration and canning were available, fish were preserved by drying and salting. A Fish Flake could be used to dry fish to be shipped to markets in large American and European cities. The wood strips were triangular to allow more air to touch the fish surface so it would dry faster.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Cask of Casks
The empty casks that would be filled with whale oil were brought onboard disassembled, like this.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Grocery Butter Mold
Molds like this might be used to create nice looking butter cakes once the churning was done.
- Date: 31 October 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Mystic, USA
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