Picnic
by Tami Quigley
Title
Picnic
Artist
Tami Quigley
Medium
Photograph - Photography~ Digitally Enhanced
Description
“Life needs a few more polka dots and picnics.”
~ author unknown
I just loved the nostalgic and warm feeling of an image of the Henry family picnic ware – circa the late 1800s and early 1900s – from the Jacobsburg Historical Society collections that was displayed in Henry’s Woods at Jacobsburg State Park, which spans between Wind Gap and Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
So I snapped a photo of the picture I saw on a late October day and processed it with a nostalgic feel … because life does indeed need a few more polka dots and picnics!
Once the site where the famous Henry Rifle was made, the Jacobsburg National Historic District lies almost entirely within the park. Henry’s Woods offers very scenic hikes and the rest of the center grounds have multi-use trails.
Henry family picnics were elaborate affairs compared to today. Picnicking utensils included white enamelware and plates, cutlery and Victorian folding chairs with carpeted seats.
The Henry family loved to picnic in a secluded forest of old growth hemlocks about one-half-mile above a dam in what is now the park. In the spring of the year, a boat was launched onto Henry’s Dam and a wooden table and benches were rowed up to the picnic place. Some family members used a rather narrow, treacherous path through the woods along the Bushkill Creek to reach the picnic, while most got to the picnic by boat or canoe.
Jacobsburg offers environmental education programs from the preschool environmental awareness programs to high school level environmental problem solving programs, historical programs, teacher workshops and public interpretive programs.
The park surrounds the Bushkill Creek.
The original land for the center was purchased by the Department of Forests and Waters from the City of Easton in 1959. In 1969, additional land was purchased using funds from Project 70. This brought the total land area of the center to its present size of 1,168 acres.
For more information on the Henry family visit the Jacobsburg Historical Society’s website at http://www.jacobsburghistory.com/.
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March 25th, 2019
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Comments (21)
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Tami Quigley
Thanks so very much Jose Gonzalez for the feature in Anything Van Goghs, much appreciated!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit.
Aurelio Zucco
Excellent! I like how you arranged the element in the frame...Great treatment too...nice work, Tami! L/F
Tami Quigley
Thank you kindly Nina Prommer for the feature in ART ~ It Is Good For You, greatly appreciate it!
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"