Domestic Life
So often it is the mundane bric-a-brac of everyday life that reveals much about how people actually lived their daily lives. The chairs they sat in, the lamps they used to light their homes, the wardrobes they hung their clothes in – all these items have a human resonance with the individuals and families who used them. What’s more, today we live in an age of disposable consumerism. But the fact that these items have survived intact for 100 years or more is a testament to the skill and craftsmanship of the people who made them.
Furniture
The Ulster American Folk Park’s furniture collection consists of pieces typically found in rural areas in Ulster and the eastern coast of the United States of America from the late 1700s to the 1920s. Ranging from large dressers and presses to fine chairs and work tables, roughly hewn ben...
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Lighting
Whaling was a major source of income in north eastern America from the late 1700s to the 1860s, and whale oil lamps were widely produced from the early 1800s. Whale oil was usually obtained from the blubber of the Greenland right whale. The more expensive sperm oil, used mostly in public halls an...
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