Please excuse any cross-postings.
Dear Museum-l list members:
Is anyone aware of a foodways program at an historic site that uses an
earlier (ca. 1845) cookstove? Or a site that has a kitchen furnished to that
time period? At The Farmers' Museum we are in the process of researching the
appropriate furnishings for a kitchen for the Bump Tavern. Some key
questions we are thinking about:
* How would a "commercial" kitchen, i.e., one that may serve a certain
number of guests and the owners' family every night, function with a
cookstove of this time period?
* We want to include an indoor water pump and sink. What is the correct pump
technology for ca. 1845? What would the sink surround and cabinetry look
like? Does anyone know of an example we can copy?

Thanks very much in advance for your help.

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Lesley L. Humphreys
Curator of History and Research
New York State Historical Association/The Farmers' Museum
PO Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326

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