Bridge into Old Salem
The boys' school at that time used the construction of these stars to teach kids geometry.
Light and shadow. Features and flaws. Headlines and secrets. I wish I had Rupita's skillz. Things are more clearly seen when accompanied by their shadows.
Stretch the interpretation ---> you can't really see a person, until you glimpse their shadows.
So many textures: brick and stone and window shutters and doorways and trees...
locally known as 'the castle'
I really loved this vine with it's shadows, i wanna paint it
especially this view...
original African-American church in Old Salem
they later moved to this brick church
see the headstone to the left of the church?
the yard in front of the church was actually a black-only graveyard, separated into Moravian, non-Moravian, and kids
the white church
the white church also has its own graveyard called 'God's Acre'
a woman working there told me all the headstones were identical, representing equality in death
I thought, yeah except if you're black, but whatever...
enough about the church
on to medical stuff...
This is Dr. Vierling's house, the area's physician
an apothecary downstairs
upstairs...
...i found a treasure of medical history
Bloodletting...
brain surgery!?
old textbooks...
a Martin Luther bible??
tools
this is a leech cage! gross...
doctor bag
and last but not least, some women's health
this is a how-to diagram of breast surgery, yikes!
this guy found it 'unbecoming' for women to gather and be excited about having a baby
i hope someone told him 'oh, shutup'
forceps used to pull out a stubborn baby (oddly, they look a lot like today's forceps)
and an old fashioned bottle
old-fashioned breast pump (and I thought breast pumps were relatively new!)
The End.
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yay for updates!
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