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William’s World: To Butter and Beyond

July 23rd, 2012

Just as in the time of William Penn, the work was never done, and so too do we find our fourth post in regards to Dairying! Our first posts covered the Read More

17th century, agriculture, animals, butter, cheese, cow, cream, export, historic site, history, museum, Pennsbury Manor, period clothing

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William’s World: We’re So Cheesy

July 9th, 2012

We’ve recently been discussing just how important dairying was, first as a career for the idyllic milkmaids and as a country business that was transported into towns (resulting in a more convenient, but poorer Read More

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William’s World: Hi-Ho the Dairy-O!

June 13th, 2012

“My cow is a commonwealth to me… for she allows myself, my wife and son for to banquet ourselves withal.” ~ Food in Early Modern England A while back, we posted Read More

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Confessions of a Costumier: Dressing the Laborers

May 29th, 2012

About a month has passed since our 17th-Century Fashion Show, and we had such an amazing time! A HUGE thank-you goes out to our lovely volunteer models (L-R) Mike Thomforde, Read More

17th century, 18th century, agriculture, animals, breeches, costume, country life, crafts, dress, farming, fashion, gardening, gown, historic site, history, museum, Pennsbury Manor, Pennsylvania, period clothing, petticoat, Philadelphia, reenactors, short gown, volunteers

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William’s World: Ode to the Springtime Milkmaid!

April 26th, 2012

The Milkmaid, Jan Vermeer, 1657-8 I really don’t like to milk cows. I can’t stand to churn butter. I know this is a shocking admission from a so-called history Read More

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Living the Life of a 17th-Century Farmer

March 27th, 2012

Last weekend, during our annual spring Interpreter training, I shared an amazing BBC mini-series on 17th-century farm life, and I wanted to make sure everyone else got to hear about it Read More

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Our Newest Resident: Meet Romeo!

January 11th, 2012

Pennsbury is pleased to welcome a new addition to our “Living Collections”: meet Romeo! Romeo is a 26 year old white Arabian horse who moved in on Friday, January 6. He Read More

17th century, animals, arabian, Bucks County, farm, historic site, history, horse, museum, Pennsbury Manor, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, stable, volunteers, William Penn

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And you think your job is hard? Try colonial farming!

January 3rd, 2012

I’d like to share a fascinating video our site director, Doug, just emailed my way. Here at Pennsbury Manor, we talk a lot about life on a late 17th-century farming Read More

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