19th Century Living
A Waynesborough Historical Village Living History Event
19th Century Living
A Waynesborough Historical Village Living History Event
A 19th Century wife attends to dutch-oven cooking over an open wood fire.
A turkey stew is being prepared outside using a dutch oven and open wood fire.
Without the convience of todays prepackaged foods, a food prep table was used to get meal basics ready for cooking.
This housewife displays a table of foods ready for consumption, especially a plate of Teacakes. This recipe is shown at right.
Food &Cooking
Friends gather in front of the Wiggins House to chat
Issues of the day are discussed in the afternoon sun.
A North Carolina Regiment soldier poses for a picture with his musket.
A young wife and doctors assistant comfort the grief stricken widow in Dr. Kennedy's office building.
19th Century People
A soldiers wife comforts her child after seeing her husband shot to death in her presence.
Field medical box used by traveling doctors, notice the wad if lint wound packing on the left side. -Click for larger view
United States Army Hospital Stewards Certificate -Click for larger View
Nurse demonstrates the procedure to
This Tea Cake recipe was a favorite for afternoon teas.
Surgeons Certificate of Exemption - Click for larger view
19th Century Surgeons tools, Crude by 21st Century standards -Click for larger view
Nurse demonstrates early version of the wooden leg. -Click for larger view
Cooking & food demos were staged at the Wiggin's House
Medicine
Medical related demos and displays were staged at Dr. Kennedy's Office Building
Clothing
19th Century lady teaching visitors about making shawls - Click for larger view
Assorted clothing accessories for Ladies in Mourning - Click for larger view.
19th Century lady demonstrates how to turn raw cotton fibre into yarn. Click for larger picture.
A closer view of the spinning process - Click to view larger image.
Needles made out of bone. - Click for larger view
Jewelry made with hair - Click for larger view
North Carolina Confederate Money - Click for larger view
Artifacts
19th Century Event Visitors
Visitors enjoying the 19th Century Living event - Click for larger view