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Inside a President’s home #WW

Hello, kittens and dawgs! Are you ready to share your photos? Last week, I shared A President’s Home, and as promised I’m sharing a few pictures from inside Andrew Johnson’s Greeneville, Tennessee homestead.

President Andrew Johnson's writing desk
President Andrew Johnson’s writing desk

Before I delve further into my pictorial journal, let me say thank you for visiting and to say it give me pleasure to announce this week’s featured photographer….

 Daily Bread

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I used my big girl camera, Nikon D7000, to photograph the interior of President Andrew Johnson’s home. Low lighting wasn’t prime conditions for shooting without flash, but the moments captured nonetheless. Originals shot in color;  to give the images a warmer quality I applied the sepia filter in Pixelmator photo-editing app to give it a period setting effect.

Sitting by the fire with a good book or cup of tea is picture perfect bedtime routine, but I wonder how the President spent his time there?
Sitting by the fire with a good book or cup of tea is a picture perfect bedtime routine, but I wonder how the President spent his time there?
A top hat on the dresser, a chamber pot near the bed, with a pitcher and washing basin on a nearby table. Symbols of the way life once was and rarely thought of today.
A top hat on the dresser, a chamber pot near the bed, with a pitcher and washing basin on a nearby table. Symbols of the way life once was and rarely thought of today.

I remember when I was a girl my family visited my great-grandparents. Sometimes, we stayed in a small house that belonged to one of their daughters near their home. It didn’t have indoor plumbing. There was no bathroom other than an outhouse. This meant, if a call from nature occurred during the night it was a good idea to have a make-shift latrine like an old coffee can or Pepsi bottle on hand. Water wasn’t easily accessible, either. We had to draw the drinking and bath water from a deep well on the property. That’s the coldest and best tasting water ever, but cleaning up was tricky and always left me feeling like it wasn’t good enough.

In the foyer stands this coat rank. The silver top cane in this photo I was told belonged to our 17th President. What a privilege it was to gaze upon something our President used maybe on a daily basis.
In the foyer stands this coat rank. The silver knob cane pictured belonged to our 17th President. What a privilege it was to gaze upon something our President once used.
The family parlor was a place to entertain guest with live music unlike today in our homes where we stream music.
The family parlor was a place to entertain guest with live music unlike today where we stream music.

I took a few piano lessons when I was in elementary school, but my heart wasn’t in tune to learning. This is something I came to regret as I got older. I wish my mother made me to stick with it. Sure, I might have hated it, but I know I would have thanked her for it as an adult.

The oil lamp prominently on display adds a bit of romance and warmth, but I can't imagine reading by it.
The oil lamp prominently on display adds a bit of romance and warmth, but I can’t imagine reading by it.

There’s a flicker in my memory looking at the lamp in this picture. Something about it reminds me that my grandparents or great-grandparents used oil lamps to light their home and I recall thinking how difficult it was to see by. I wish I remembered more, but I know one thing I’m sure happy to live in a time with all the creature comforts of home. 😀

For a virtual tour inside President Johnson’s home, click here. Thanks for popping in and joining the Wordless or Not-so-Wordless Wednesday fun. Have a fototastic day!

 

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