Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Mountain Farm Building

Layers of Building Materials, Old Farm Building, Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
North Carolina  © Doug Hickok


Dating from the end of the 19th century, an old farm building at the Mountain Farm Museum in the Great Smoky Mountains displays a variety of building materials and their textures. Mountain folk used whatever natural resources they could to construct their farmsteads... stone, river mud, timber and bark, mixed in with a generous dose of blood, sweat and tears. For a hundred years pioneers used their skills and perseverance to eke out a rough living amid the harsh mountain wilderness of the Appalachians until the modern world gradually crept in and changed their lives forever.



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14 comments:

  1. T. BecqueApril 26, 2011 at 12:32 AM

    That's an assortment of building materials! Nice shot of the details.

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  2. AnonymousApril 26, 2011 at 12:39 AM

    Great capture!
    A rainbow of textures.

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  3. AnonymousApril 26, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    Very interesting the 3 layers of the building plus the blue sky as 4th.
    Nice composition, good work.

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  4. UnknownApril 26, 2011 at 3:14 AM

    Looks very interesting, love the blue sky :-)

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  5. donApril 26, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    A fine image for its many textures and interesting colors. Fine shot indeed!

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  6. RobApril 26, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    Thats a lot of interesting layers and textures.

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  7. franzApril 26, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    magnificent and colorful testimony to the ingenuity of the mountain folk who made do with what they had! very well seen and documented!

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  8. AnonymousApril 26, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    excellent detail, colors and layers
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  9. AlexandraApril 26, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Wow, lots of tone, texture and complimentary colours here. And love that vivid splash of blue too.

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  10. OKApril 26, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    excellent mixture of textures and colors. well done!

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  11. London CallerApril 26, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    Wow! I really love this composition!
    You're so lucky - the sky is so blue!!
    Stone wall, timber beam and roof shingles - great combo.

    Bit disappointed though...
    Was expecting to see something like the Dunmore Pineapple in Scotland though. Ha ha!

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  12. tusenApril 26, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    It is great to visit your blog! :`)

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  13. ChristopherApril 27, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    Outstanding--really love the textural layers and great color in this shot. It's hard to imagine the challenges of life back then and the toughness necessary to survive. I feel like such a wimp.

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  14. MarieMay 1, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    joli rendu graphique et coloré.

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