To follow my last post on pictures of the people and places at living history museums, below are some images that I took last summer at a museum near my childhood home. Historic Sauder Village in Archbold, OH celebrates local "rural life in the 19th and early 20th centuries." The first European settlers had to drain the swampy land, known as the Great Black Swamp, in order to farm it. The settlers and their decendants have farmed the rich land ever since.
This is a wonderful, family-friendly museum, and if you are ever in rural Northwest Ohio, be sure to stop by. :-)
Spinning. The museum has a lot of hand-made artwork for sale, including items woven from yarn made from this spinning wheel.
Dreamy window
Windmill and entrance to the museum
Big cow advertising local dairy outside the park. That's me holding one of my cuties.
This one is just funny. The picture was NOT posed! I am definitely raising city girls.
Silversmith
Cute junior historian
This man told me that some tourists assume he is Amish and that he doesn't want his picture taken.
Barber shop. This man is the successor to a popular barber who gave me a pretend shave when I was on a field trip in first grade. I still remember it though it was ages ago!
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