Awareness of the outside world. “Shelby County, which the local Republican Party calls the reddest county in America.” NPR: A former plantation becomes a space for healing, art and reparative history, Scott, June 19, 2025. This is where I live.
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Out of Whole Cloth: Marking History & Making Home, 1865 – 1910
“This exhibit tells the story of three groups of newly emancipated people and their struggles to make a place for themselves on the Wallace Plantation in Harpersville, Alabama.”
The Wallace Center for Arts and Reconciliation
Photos taken June 2025
Historic daily life included caring for horses and mules. Amazing how a horseshoe, a pitchfork, and a hay hook resemble their modern counterparts.
Entry
Horseshoe
Horseshoe Sign
Pitchfork
Pitchfork Sign
Hay Hook
Hay Hook Sign
Exterior of the house, taken from the porch of the Artist Residency and Visitor Support Cottage.
Photos of exhibit items posted with permission.
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Katherine
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Except for the mule, those tools are still relevant today. I grew up using both on our farm.
MM
I use horseshoe & pitchfork on the regular. Hay store has massive metal hay hooks to help them move the bales. The handles are a different material than pictured here, but shape is basically the same.