Happy Wednesday all!
This past week was full of fun new facts for me. Kelsey and I attended the EON Student Orientation Workshop for summer students working at museums. We learned a lot about how a museum is run, how to be welcoming and helpful to our customers, and also how to catalogue pieces that are donated to the Backus-Page house and those that are borrowed for our exhibits. That is what I spent much of my time on this past week; accessing some neat artifacts that have found their way to us :) Talk about learning a whole lot of cool historical facts about tools and bottles and clothing that I had never known before. Though the research on items can be tedious at times, it is worth the searching and is fun to delve into the history of the 19th century! Speaking of cool historical facts, I would like to share a few from our workshop last week.
1. Allen's Apple Juice started in Norwich.
2. Norwich was also the place where the first sidewalk sale took place and the first cheese factory was run with cooperation from local farmers.
3. The best pen feathers are goose feathers that come from the left wing and the work "pen" comes from the Latin word meaning feather.
4. Malcolm's Mill in Oakland was where the last battle on Canadian soil during the war of 1812 took place.
I hope you all enjoy your week and we will catch up again next Wednesday :)
Catie!
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