tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400689295697249280.post5432528379248074634..comments2024-03-22T13:21:29.168-04:00Comments on I'm Living History: Telling LiesAlenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653469207935707496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400689295697249280.post-64787909682636708492013-08-28T12:50:57.261-04:002013-08-28T12:50:57.261-04:00Hi Carolina, thanks for all your insightful commen...Hi Carolina, thanks for all your insightful comments! Shapiro house is interpreted for the year 1919, so by then there were birthday parties, and working class girls were not considered delicate. It is possible that Mollie would have recieved a pogo stick, we just do not have any evidence to support her specifically having one, nor do we have any records saying what she did recieve on her tenth birthday.Alenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653469207935707496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400689295697249280.post-74486868058678353202013-08-26T10:59:15.052-04:002013-08-26T10:59:15.052-04:00As a fellow interpreter/re-enactor of history who ...As a fellow interpreter/re-enactor of history who constantly strives to be as historically accurate as possible (and yes, in my personal opinion and all, as well), I think if it's documented that there was a well in the garden, then put one in; the specific, exact latitudinal and longitudinal location within said garden is immaterial. As long as its placement makes sense with regard to working within a garden area. However, IMO saying a pogo stick was given to a child as a birthday present is a no-no because birthdays were not celebrated nor gifts given or parties held, etc. Children were not treated the way they are today, whether by their parents or society in general. By doing so, in a sense, one is re-writing history, adapting it to fit modern views, which we should not do. I think it's highly important (in fact, I think it's our job) that we look out to visitors from the past, through the eyes of those who lived in it, and not from the future back. We have to leave our modern eyes, thoughts, and pre-conceived notions at the door, so that we can help the visitor do the same. In any event, the pogo stick story has no basis in fact, whereas the well story does. And there are other ways to explain it; handmade children's toys in general, for instance. And yet, would a pogo stick be appropriate for a girl at that time? Perhaps it was too much "exertion" for a delicate female?! Views of women and girls, play and work, and so on, might be other topics to consider and possibly tie in (or out!). Again, just my view.carolinahttp://www.historiccookery.comnoreply@blogger.com