Manhattan’s Most Haunted House
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant’s_House_Museum:
Brewster sold the house to Seabury Tredwell, a wealthy New York merchant, for $18,000. Tredwell’s daughter, Gertrude, was born in the house in 1840, and lived there until her death in an upstairs bedroom in 1933. Three years later, the perfectly preserved home opened to the public as a museum. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
PS Things are a bit off right now and I am behind with my blogging activities. I missed bunch of posts by people who I follow on regular bases. I will be in California for a few weeks. My laptop crashed and a dog ate my homework. I will fix the computer problem and talk to my dog….Yes, I have a plan…
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man’s happiness really lies in contentment.
-Mahatma Gandhi
I am a sucker for old houses. I think you can feel the people who used to be there and the walls could tell stories. The pics tell stories. I bet she was lonely – that’s what I get. I can also see her ordering her servants around lol.
I think you are right…but there must had been good times as the family never moved…
I am a sucker for old houses too…
Fantastic shots!!! Great processing providing such fabulous atmosphere to the images!!! Good luck in California, with your computer and with your dog!!
I need my sanity right now…thank you for kind words….
Marvelous. How do you get the great contrast/shadows?
Thank you.
I used Hipstamatic, Snapseed, and Photoshop.
That’s a great quote by Gandhi. And these images are wonderful in their expressionistic nature. I also love how you made a “stuffy museum” that is well maintained look more like the history it represents. Really well done. It’s all in the light.
Enjoy your trip to CA. Don’t be too hard on the dog – he was just doing his job.
Fabio is such a sweet dog…Today he even managed to bark or something like that and it is hot here….
Such moving pictures that bring to mind these words of Emma Frances Dawson… “I have marked in traveling how lonely houses change their expression as you come near, pass, and leave them. Some frown, others smile”…sensing this house does both.
Wonderful post + thanks for providing Wikipedia link–a very interesting read~
beautiful words…thank you for bringing them here
You captured the mood perfectly. Beautiful photos.
thank you!!!!
Beautiful images once again. Where in California. I’m in L.A. Maybe we could connect…
I will be in SF Bay Area and Sierra Foothills
A marvelous tour of a beautiful I never would have known if not for you, barbara!
Fix the dog and talk to the computer…sometimes, that works the best!
I will eat them both
Barbara – I hope it’s a cunning plan… “so cunning you can pin a tail on it and call it a weasel”. Keep your chin above the water line.
thanks…I will do just that.
Strong images, lights and shadows make a stunning graphic design, but your forte is the use of secondary light , light bounced off walls and ceililngs, reflectedf in mirrors, —you are a master of reflected light!
Oh I hear you. I’m just now starting serious attempts to catch up with your blog!
I’m only about… a month and a half behind?
I like these, Barbara, some very interesting perspectives.
I hope things are good for you soonest.
P.S. At least no elephant sat on your car.
Fascinating pics! Thanx Barbara! They seem to come from some A.Hitchcock movies…
A lovely mood and feeling in these Barbara. Beautiful images.
Wow, I really went back in time with these shots. You really captured it here.
Just the right feel and mood for this story.–Great
Wonderful images, I think some of my dolls would like to live here!
Yes, yes, they would have a ball and they would bring a color…
this post is haunting… lingering feelings.