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Wash Board, Backus-Page House Museum

Washboard- A replica used for educational/demonstration situations. Long wooden paddle-like object. Has horizontal grooves across one side of the…

Shoulder Yoke, Backus-Page House Museum

Shoulder Yoke- Made of wood. Hollowed out to form to human shoulders and neck. On each end the wood thins out almost to a point. On both ends a piece…

The Orchard

Talbot's orchard included apples, pears, plums, cherries, and wild strawberries.

Tags: Garden, Orchard, Settlers, Talbot, Trees

The Orchard

Talbot's orchard included apples, pears, plums, cherries, and wild strawberries.

Tags: Garden, Orchard, Settlers, Talbot, Trees

Lilac Trees

With the Latin name Syringa Vulgaris, lilac was (and still is) popular for its pleasant smell. Colonel Talbot had at least a few on the property.

Old Velvet Rose

Has been noted in apothecary books as far back as 1597 as "velvet rose", but nowadays it's more commonly called the "Tuscany rose".

Tags: Flowers, Gardens, Roses, Settlers, Talbot

Centifolia Rose

Also known as the "old cabbage rose", or "the queen of roses" to most herbalists. With heavy fragrance and five foot tall bushes, it has been favored…

Tags: Flowers, Gardens, Roses, Settlers, Talbot

Maiden's Blush Rose

This rose was previously known as the "Cuisse de Nymph," or "thigh of the nymph". Because that name was too risqué for the Victorian age, so now it's…

Tags: Flowers, Gardens, Roses, Settlers, Talbot

Alba Semi Plena, Rose of the Yorks

These Regency Area roses were very shrubby, summer-blooming, and from a breed that predated the introduction of the China rose.

Tags: Flowers, Garden, Roses, Settler, Talbot

Fabric and Thread Making, Backus-Page House Museum

The carders are made of two flat pieces of wood, each with a handle and varying in size. On one side of each of these carders are hundreds of small…

Tags: 1800s, Settler, Talbot