Photos taken in USA and tagged as museums

Day 148 - Ocean Star,

This is an old offshore oil platform that has been converted to a museum. You can walk around many sections of this, including the catwalk visible in the center.

Date: 27 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Museum

This is in downtown Galveston in an old bank building. It has an exhibit on the Sep 8, 1900 hurricane.

Date: 27 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Cruise Ships

These are at the Galveston waterfront (bay side), near The Strand.

Date: 27 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Cousins House

This is my cousins house in Lake Jackson, Texas - very nice.

Date: 27 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ashton Villa, Steve

Steve really made the tour of the old villa come alive. He has become quite close to Miss Betsy's ghost and keeps a picture of her in his jacket pocket.

Date: 27 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ashton Villa, Front Entrance

Our tour guide, Steve, is welcoming us through the front door.

Date: 27 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
Tags: museums historic_homes
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Day 148 - Ashton Villa

This was built in 1859 in the style of an Italian Villa. It was the first brick home on Broadway in Galveston.

Date: 27 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, Mound Builders Painting

This is an artists conception of what the Walton Mound may have looked like when it was still in use.

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
Tags: museums native_american
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, Mom

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, Daily Household Items

These are common household items used by Women in the early 1900's

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, Carnival Glass

Tiffany for the working class - this style of glass was popular, but became so overproduced they were given as prizes in fairs and carnivals

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, 6 sided bowls

These are unique to the Fort Walton culture. Over 350 bowls have been found, over 50 of those are the six sided type. Scientists don't know why they were made differently.

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Mound Sign

A little background on the mound builders (easier then typing it all in)

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Mound

This is the mound as it looks today, it would have been higher and not as grown over when actually in use.

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Camp Walton Schoolhouse

This was used as a school from 1912 to 1936 for grades 1 through 8.

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Camp Walton School, Int

Each desk has a small slate board and a piece of cloth to erase writing. Students could practice writing on these.

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Camellia

The Camellia originated in China and is a very popular flower across the SE US. This picture was really taken on Jan 18th, not your traditional flower blossem month where I come from!

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, Womens Exhibit

Florida State University has a special, travelling exhibit on American Women in the early 1900's. It happened to be at Walton Museum when we stopped by.

Date: 18 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 138 - Gorrie Museum

John Gorrie invented the mechanical refrigeration process. The museum director never returned from lunch however, so we didn't get to check it out inside.