What Have You Seen?
The following features are examples of life in the Old Governor's
Mansion without electricity. Raise your hand as you observe each
feature.
1. Kitchen: The kitchen has
been modernized with electrical appliances. The original
kitchen used a hearth with open fire to render coals which
were used with various cooking utensils to prepare food.
These coals were also used to heat the beehive oven for
baking. Can you remember any of the cooking utensils you see
in the picture?
2. Skylight or Cupola: You see
this feature of the top of the rotunda. During the
summertime the windows were raised so that cooler air could
circulate throughout the house. What do we have to keep our
houses cool today?
3. Candelabra: Candles or oil
lamps were the only source of light during the evening hours
at The Old Governor's Mansion. You will see many candelabrum
as you tour each room.
QUESTION:
Have you ever been without electricity? If so, how did the absence
affect you? If you have not been without electricity, how do you
think you would be affected?
All photographs
by Susan D. Locks.
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