Bag and Baggage
The subject of carrying things at living history events never seems fully resolved. There were the fireworks I like to call Basketgate, and in the four years si...
Tag: shopping
A Tisket, A Tasket: What Basket?
Nancy had a great question: What did middle class ladies use to carry their shopping? But here’s the thing: they didn’t carry the shopping, because they didn’t ...
Of Chamber Pots and Train Seats
The Northeast Regional: Bane and delight of my existence, for while the night train at least allows you to sleep through the agony of an eight hour trip, and al...
Drapers, Sutlers and Other Sources
Shopping with swatches: it’s what I do. The biggest difference between sewers is location: I have access to resources here that people in the Midwest don&...
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