2007 Period Tradespeople

These talented tradespeople are living historians who use period-authentic materials and methods to fabricate all the necessities of 19th Century life in the United States. This is your opportunity to look back in time and see how your ancestors really lived.
Visit our Period Encampment and see these tradespeople at work.

• BLACKSMITH by Mark Dorr
  

• AUTHENTIC PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHY including tintypes, ambrotypes, and photographs from collodion glass negatives by Robert Szabo
  

• GOURD BANJO, GOURD CANTEEN & WOOD SPOON MAKING by Roy McClure
  

• CORN HUSK CHAIR SEAT MAKING by Esther Everett
  

• TIN SMITHING by Jeff Goris
  

• MILLINER & STREAMSTRESS by Pam Anderson
  

• PAPER MAKING by Tom Schalue
  

• CANDLE WICKING by Betty Goris
  

• SPINNING by Linda Graves
  

• RAG RUG WEAVING by Virginia Wadsley
  

• RUG BRAIDING by Helen Boerjte
  

• ROPE WEAVING by Bob Boots
  

• WOOD CARVING by Bob Boots