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Sunday, August 25, 2019
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Beautiful Photos From Annual Bushy Run Battle Reenactment
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I wanted to share with you some awesome photos I was able to capture a couple weekends ago at Bushy Run Battlefield located in Jeannette, PA, Penn Township. Over the hill is also the small town of Bouquet named after you guessed it, Colonel Henry Bouquet of the British Army. Bouquet led the fight at Bushy Run. The defeat of the Natives changed history in this area.
The Laurel Highlands to Pittsburgh are full of history. From rural Bedford, PA to Fort Ligonier down to Forbes Road and Bushy Run and so much in between and beyond. I challenge you to take yourself and or your kids on an American history ride. I was lucky to have a grandfather who took us on rides and explained our rich Pennsylvania history. I was also very lucky to hold and touch history as he was a superb antique dealer.
America loves to rebuild. Unfortunately, we have lost a lot of history demolishing buildings. I was wowed in England. The preserved history is remarkable. I hope more and more people realize there are some buildings, land and objects which should stay preserved as these places and things have a significant mark on American and Native history. I would also like to add the impact the settlers had on erasing Native history in my area. I will not speak on others areas. There were many tribes and frankly my backyard may very well have artifacts hidden in the ground. However in my travels with my Grandfather it was not common to come across Native items. I have held beautiful blankets and wood wares. I have held a man's head dress. It was gorgeous. The craftmanship and beauty were astounding.
As we have learned more than one person came across the ocean and "discovered," America. Technology has opened Native history. Some say there were thousands of tribes and millions of people. It was not desolate like old history books seem to play things out. A complex population was invaded and just like so many countries in history, war broke out. The idea of Natives being one population united is far from the truth. If they were one nation history probably would have been very different. I think everyone would have been dead or scrambled back to England. More is also being published on the complex relationships Natives had with the Pilgrims, French, British and American Colonists and beyond as America grew. However American history books up until recently fluffed over the cruel extermination of a population. It saddens me Native heritage is not more woven into American history. I, myself have Native history lost in my family.
I wanted to share with you some awesome photos I was able to capture a couple weekends ago at Bushy Run Battlefield located in Jeannette, PA, Penn Township. Over the hill is also the small town of Bouquet named after you guessed it, Colonel Henry Bouquet of the British Army. Bouquet led the fight at Bushy Run. The defeat of the Natives changed history in this area.
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The Laurel Highlands to Pittsburgh are full of history. From rural Bedford, PA to Fort Ligonier down to Forbes Road and Bushy Run and so much in between and beyond. I challenge you to take yourself and or your kids on an American history ride. I was lucky to have a grandfather who took us on rides and explained our rich Pennsylvania history. I was also very lucky to hold and touch history as he was a superb antique dealer.
America loves to rebuild. Unfortunately, we have lost a lot of history demolishing buildings. I was wowed in England. The preserved history is remarkable. I hope more and more people realize there are some buildings, land and objects which should stay preserved as these places and things have a significant mark on American and Native history. I would also like to add the impact the settlers had on erasing Native history in my area. I will not speak on others areas. There were many tribes and frankly my backyard may very well have artifacts hidden in the ground. However in my travels with my Grandfather it was not common to come across Native items. I have held beautiful blankets and wood wares. I have held a man's head dress. It was gorgeous. The craftmanship and beauty were astounding.
As we have learned more than one person came across the ocean and "discovered," America. Technology has opened Native history. Some say there were thousands of tribes and millions of people. It was not desolate like old history books seem to play things out. A complex population was invaded and just like so many countries in history, war broke out. The idea of Natives being one population united is far from the truth. If they were one nation history probably would have been very different. I think everyone would have been dead or scrambled back to England. More is also being published on the complex relationships Natives had with the Pilgrims, French, British and American Colonists and beyond as America grew. However American history books up until recently fluffed over the cruel extermination of a population. It saddens me Native heritage is not more woven into American history. I, myself have Native history lost in my family.
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Sunday, February 17, 2019
Landers, Frary and Clark Percolator; Some Tips on Early Electric Appliances
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When I spied this percolator I got excited. I was even more excited when I realized it had all the pieces!
Such a beautiful piece for entertaining guests. This company was known for their small electrics and useful things for the early 20th century housewife. The company was established in 1862. https://nbindustrial.org/collection/landers/
Be weary of dealers claiming percolators were made before 1900. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877 and in 1879 a reliable light bulb.
In the 1880's some cities had electric base stations operating only a few city blocks.
Only the wealthy homes, I mean mansions would experience what many thought a terrible glare in their ballrooms. They went from candle light or gas lights and squinting their eyes, to as if looking directly at the sun!
I know the look of gas lights. How? Amish friends. It gives off dull light so you don't trip but, it is not a bright white light. When you see metal or mirrors behind old sconces it was to help project the light.
Samuel Insull is a name not commonly heard with electric. He actually made electric affordable for the middle class household. He expanded electricity to the masses and not just the wealthy. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/insull_hi.html
When I say wealthy it is on the scale of the Mellon, Morgan, Ford etc. These were players in modernizing America. Surgeons were not thought of then like they are now but, their wealth now would not be part of the select few.
So really early small appliances and some larger like a dishwasher were purchased likely by households for servants to use. I think sometimes we lose the context in which items were used. It is important to understand the time in which an item was utilized. Not only does it make collecting more interesting but, preserves history more accurately when chatting up buyers or fellow collectors.
Think about this, only half of U.S. homes had electric in 1925. You would have to be able to afford it and frankly an area where people or business could buy it and have their building wired. Many people in rural areas today can still remember family members with water pumps and without electricity. So when you discover early electric gadgets it has likely come from a wealthy kitchen or a prosperous family.
Good gravy! Be weary of stuff you read online. Just researching for this article I found so many engineering sites with "electric firsts," with incorrect information. They did not match the Smithsonian, museums or company's actual historical information they have put out. One article stated 90% of American homes had electric toasters in 1905! Remember, I told you half of America had electric in 1925!
Actually electric toasters did not really take off until after 1928 with the invention of commercial sliced bread.
** 1929 the stock market crashed and plunged many Americans into poverty or extreme rationing.
https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-electric-light-system-phonograph-motion-pictures.htm
See Universal and patent stamped on the bottom.
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