I've always wondered how people dressed for extreme cold and blizzards. This is similar to what a well-provisioned soldier or farmer would have worn during the revolution.
The climate was somewhat more harsh in those times, but they didn't have the technical materials that we now have to keep us warm and dry. I like that people walk among us, researching and wearing the clothing of history.
Most soldiers of the revolution were farmers and were not very well provisioned during at least the early years of the revolution.
I have no idea if the climate was somewhat more harsh. I think they had their cold days back then as well as the milder ones. They did not have Gore-Tex, true, but they did have wool; a bugger in the hot months but it does its job in the colder weather.
Wealthy people had furs. Poorer people with access to fur pelts would have sent it to Europe because it was worth a lot as a luxury item. One of those "too valuable to use yourself" sorts of items.
I've done enough reading about the pioneer movement to know that yes many pelts were sold but they were also kept for warmth too. it was a toss up.
Plus if you were miles away from civilization or a trading post, as many pioneers were, it would be futile to try to sell something in the dead of winter that could keep you warm. Nor if you didn't have access to such places to trade for textiles to make non-animal pelt clothing. It was done out of necessity.
Like I said I think its 50/50 because you also ate what you killed for the fur, so one would think that furs in the pioneer world were abundant during the winter. So some to wear, some to sell.
I do believe, if I am seeing his face correctly, that he is an independent tour guide or with Liberty's Lessons along the trail. I think he is also part of the Endzone Miltia.
And I bet he can tell us in detail how back in his day the kids walked up Breed's Hill both ways to the schoolhouse regardless of the weather and they didn't damn complain like the kids today.
Just another small reason as to why I love Boston so much. There aren't many cities across the US where you can see something like this on almost a daily basis.
19th Century French garments were not bad except for the bicorn hats. They look like something designed to divert attention from what was lacking; perhaps they were making up for something small, like over size cod pieces? They also make people look like flat cartoons that came to life.
But tricorn is much better styling. . The front corner brings the viewers attention to the wearer's face.
I think it's time to bring tricorn hats back as standard men's hats.
How would the use of mountain bikes have changed the events of what we now commemorate as Patriot's Day? I mean, had the British had them? What about Paul Revere and William Dawes?
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Ghost or Reenactor?
These days it's anyone's guess.
I don't believe in ghosts
It's much more scientifically plausible that this Green Line train has been waiting for a signal fix since 1774.
Tour guide
Probably a tour guide at Downtown Crossing.
Adorable!
Garb is fascinating
I've always wondered how people dressed for extreme cold and blizzards. This is similar to what a well-provisioned soldier or farmer would have worn during the revolution.
The climate was somewhat more harsh in those times, but they didn't have the technical materials that we now have to keep us warm and dry. I like that people walk among us, researching and wearing the clothing of history.
Well-provisioned is the key here.
Most soldiers of the revolution were farmers and were not very well provisioned during at least the early years of the revolution.
I have no idea if the climate was somewhat more harsh. I think they had their cold days back then as well as the milder ones. They did not have Gore-Tex, true, but they did have wool; a bugger in the hot months but it does its job in the colder weather.
Animal Skins
Until it was not socially acceptable to kill animals for fur... they had fur pelts for winter wear. if it kept an animal warm, it kept you warm also.
Not exactly
Wealthy people had furs. Poorer people with access to fur pelts would have sent it to Europe because it was worth a lot as a luxury item. One of those "too valuable to use yourself" sorts of items.
I disgree
I've done enough reading about the pioneer movement to know that yes many pelts were sold but they were also kept for warmth too. it was a toss up.
Plus if you were miles away from civilization or a trading post, as many pioneers were, it would be futile to try to sell something in the dead of winter that could keep you warm. Nor if you didn't have access to such places to trade for textiles to make non-animal pelt clothing. It was done out of necessity.
Like I said I think its 50/50 because you also ate what you killed for the fur, so one would think that furs in the pioneer world were abundant during the winter. So some to wear, some to sell.
Farmers, not trappers
You are thinking "log cabins" not coastal farming communities.
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Made my day
umm. . .
Depends on where he was spotted, but I'd put money on it being a Freedom Trail guide.
I do believe, if I am seeing
I do believe, if I am seeing his face correctly, that he is an independent tour guide or with Liberty's Lessons along the trail. I think he is also part of the Endzone Miltia.
And I bet he can tell us in
And I bet he can tell us in detail how back in his day the kids walked up Breed's Hill both ways to the schoolhouse regardless of the weather and they didn't damn complain like the kids today.
Just another small reason as
Just another small reason as to why I love Boston so much. There aren't many cities across the US where you can see something like this on almost a daily basis.
He was on his way to the
He was on his way to the Patriots send off at City Hall...I saw him there.
Either that, or Valley Forge.
Tricorn hats more handsome than bicorn
19th Century French garments were not bad except for the bicorn hats. They look like something designed to divert attention from what was lacking; perhaps they were making up for something small, like over size cod pieces? They also make people look like flat cartoons that came to life.
But tricorn is much better styling. . The front corner brings the viewers attention to the wearer's face.
I think it's time to bring tricorn hats back as standard men's hats.
As They Say
As the saying goes,
1 if by land
2 if by sea
3 if by the T if it's on time and the trains don't break down
Snowy Day Speculation
How would the use of mountain bikes have changed the events of what we now commemorate as Patriot's Day? I mean, had the British had them? What about Paul Revere and William Dawes?
Go.
Actually, that's
One if by land
Two if by sea
And if they take the New Haven, don't bother