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1929
ISLAND KITCHEN
(PRE-ELECTRICITY)
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The kitchen
is the most
important room in
a Grand Manan
home- ours is set
in the late 1920s
before
electricity came to
the island in
Christmas 1929.
Associated with the
installation is a
textile exhibit (loom,
spinning wheel,
antique quilts, and
the New brunswick
Bicentennial Quilt
(1784-1984) produced
by the Grand Manan
Genealogical Society,
as well as a unique,
original post office
in a desk, all from a
similar time period.
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Grand Manan Kitchen - heart of
the home. |
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About
the Collection:
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room developed from a rapidly
developing collection of
artifacts donated by islanders
as the young Museum was just
developing. Everything you see
was in active use in a Grand
Manan home at some point in
time. The kitchen is where the
family preserved & prepared
their food, raised and educated
their children, entertained
their friends and families. |
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Related
Exhibits: Textiles
- Loom, Spinning Wheel,
foot-powered sewing machine,
antique quilts, & the New
Brunswick Bicentennial Quilt
(1784-1984).
Islanders were fiercely
independent, often simply
necessitated by the difficulty
in crossing the Bay of Fundy to
the mainland. Sheep were
commonly raised on the island,
and their fleece converted to
cloth, and clothing. Quilting,
often a winter activity, was
made to re-cycle clothing,
transforming it into new, useful
but still very aesthetic end
product. The Bicentennial Quilt
explored many of the families
long resident on the island, as
well as the life and times
around them. |
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Related
Exhibits: Seal
Cove Post Office
Grand Manan's first Post Office
opened in Woodward's Cove. The
Way Station or Way Office at
North Head opened in 1865. The
Post Office in Seal Cove was
opened in 1875 with William
Russell appointed Postmaster.
The Museum has the original
Postmasters' desk and related
equipment. |
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