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Catch up with Historic Huguenot Street's Digital Programming

We hope you enjoyed this week’s schedule of virtual programming! Here’s what you might have missed:

On Monday, School Programming Coordinator Alyssa Bruno demonstrated how to sow seeds for successful growth. This activity promotes Historic Huguenot Street's new community program "Grown Apart, Sown Together," which launched on June 12. This program is designed to keep the youth of our community engaged by allowing them to learn about agriculture and crop cultivation through a hands-on, at home seed starting kit that can be purchased from our Museum Shop. Learn more about “Grown Apart, Sown Together” by checking out the Let’s Craft Together videos on our Facebook and YouTube Channel.

On Tuesday we shared images of a nineteenth-century hot chocolate serving set from the HHS Permanent Collection. The porcelain set includes one serving pot, six cups, and six saucers. Unlike the shorter and rounder teapots we often see today, the serving pot stands at ten inches tall and is quite narrow. The six cups and their accompanying saucers are demitasses, meaning that they are closer in size to an espresso cup than a typical teacup. See this cheerful set for yourself by visiting our Facebook and Instagram!

On Wednesday our Retail & Tourism Manager, Kristine Gillespie, starred in Historic Huguenot Street’s Facebook and Instagram stories, to promote Envisioning Emancipation, in which renowned photographic historian Deborah Willis and historian of slavery Barbara Krauthamer, have amassed 150 photographs from the antebellum days of the 1850s through the New Deal era of the 1930s. The authors vividly display the seismic impact of emancipation on African Americans born before and after the Proclamation, providing a perspective on freedom and slavery and a way to understand the photos as documents of engagement, action, struggle, and aspiration. This book can be purchased from our online Museum Shop.

On Thursday, we highlighted a beautiful delftware shaving bowl from our collection. This style of pottery dates to the Netherlands circa 1500. The shaving bowl is tin-glazed earthenware decorated in blue and white glazes. There is a semi-circle cut out of the wide rim of the bowl where one would place the bowl under their chin while shaving to catch soap and water. We believe this piece to have been created between 1750 and 1790! See this stunning piece by checking out the posts our Facebook and Instagram!

Today, we celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the effective ending of slavery in the United States, by presenting a fascinating manuscript from the HHS Archives, an account book kept by John Hasbrouck. John and his mother appear to have been freed in 1827, when slavery was abolished in New York State. At some point, John learned to read and write and, in 1830, he began keeping an account book, mostly of work he performed for white farmers and how he was compensated. He is believed to be the first African American eligible to vote in New Paltz.

Find links to an exhibit brochure essay, an article written by Joan Hollister and Sally M. Schultz published in the Hudson River Review (2004), and a link to John Hasbrouck’s full account book (1830-38) from the HHS Permanent Collection and Archives on our Facebook and Instagram.

Have any questions about last week’s virtual offerings? Feel free to send us an email at education@huguenotstreet.org

Interested in what’s to come? Visit our pages for daily for general updates, Museum Shop sales, collections highlights, and other ways to engage!

Stay tuned for a Ted Talk from one of our favorite historic preservationist, coming Wednesday.


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