Photos tagged as museums

Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Town Bldgs

On the left is a bank, the right a cooperage (barrel maker).

Date: 31 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, 1830s kitchen cabinet

One house in the museum is set up as it was in the 1830's. The cabinet was full of wooden spoons and clay bowls.

Date: 31 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Tavern Keeper

The Schaefer's Spouter Tavern is run by Dana. She not only sells sandwiches, beverages, pickles and pies to tourists, but does all her own baking and books for the Tavern! I tried a slice of her Fruit of the Forest Pie - it was excellant. She really loves her job and likes meeting all of us strange people who visit her establishment.

Date: 31 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Mystic, USA
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Day 59 - Pequot Museum & Research Center

No photo's are allowed inside the museum, so this shot of the outside is all I have (plus a guide book of course)

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum

Originally constructed in 1823, the building was moved from further down on the point due to erosion and rebuilt and enlarged at this sight in 1840. It was decommissioned in 1889 after another light was located farther out in the harbor.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum, View from tower

Since the building is no longer used as a lighthouse, the lens has been removed and you can climb the 29 steps into the tower for quite a view.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum, 1814 Congreve Rocket

This Congreve Rocket was fired from the British Ship "Terror" during the battle of Stonington, August 9-12, 1814. It is the same type of weapon that inspired "...the Rocket's Red Glare..." phrase in the Star Spangled Banner.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum, Cannon ball

This 24 lb cannon ball was shot into Stonington village by the attacking British forces on August 9, 1814. It lodged itself into this hearthstone of the Trumbull house which was on the corner of Water & Diving Streets.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum, Curator

This is Louise, the Curator at the Old Lighthouse Museum in Stonington, CT. I had to compliment her on the labels that explained the exhibits so well.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum, Fresnel Lens

This is a fourth order Fresnel Lens, slightly larger than was used in this lighthouse. These were handblown glass.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum, Ice Skates

These are ice skates. The platforms are wood and are held to shoes by leather straps.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum, Ice Harvesting

The museum has quite an exhibit of the Ice Harvesting business. The saw in the rear was pulled by a horse to scour the ice. Men then cut through it using saws like the one in front.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum, Hook, Line & Sinker

This device is called a 'Hook, Line & Sinker' and may have been brought back from the south sea's as a souvenir.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 59 - Old Lighthouse Museum, Cistern

The glass panels are in the floor, so you can see the old Cistern that was under the lighthouse building. There is a similar glass panel over the well also.

Date: 30 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Stonington, USA
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Day 52 - Henry David Thoreau's House

This is a replica of the small house Thoreau built on Waldon Pond. It is located at the Concord Museum.

Date: 23 October 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Boston, USA
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Horse Taxi

These run through the village all day, you can ride them just like a bus or taxi - but only within Greenfield Village.

Date: 25 September 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Dearborn, USA
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Mom at Ford Factory

This is a one quarter replica of the original Ford Factory built in 1903, where several of the earliest vehicles were built.

Date: 25 September 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Dearborn, USA
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Wright Bro's Shop Window

Henry & Orville Wright owned a bicycle shop in Dayton, OH that they used to finance their airplane experiments. This is from the original shop, built in about 1875

Date: 25 September 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Dearborn, USA
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Wright Bros Plane Model

This is a model of the first successful airplane built by the Wright Brothers.

Date: 25 September 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Dearborn, USA
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Edison Machine Shop Lathes

Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Complex was a factory to invent and develop practical solutions to the problems of the day. The complex included machine shops, chemistry labs, and power shops to develop electric distribution technology