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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. HAGLEH_080112_004.JPG: The Du Pont Barn
2. HAGLEH_080112_025.JPG: E.I. du Pont Restored Garden: On this site in 1803-1804, Eleuthere Irenee du Pont planted a small garden reminiscent of the formal gardens at Bois-des-Fosses, the du Pont family home in France. By 1826, the garden had expanded to more than two acres and contained both common and rare varieties of flowers, ornamental trees and shrubs, herbs, vegetables, and fruit trees. Many were acquired through plant exchanges with other gardeners and botanists in America and his homeland. Beyond the southern and western borders of the garden grew an orchard of pear, apple, peach, cherry, and plum trees, partially restored in accordance with E.I. du Pont's 1804 plant list. Successive generations of the du Pont family maintained and expanded this site including the creation of the later Victorian rose garden. They also developed additional gardens with materials transplanted from this first du Pont location. This horticultural tradition influenced the establishment of extensive gardens at Winterthur, Longwood, Nemours, and other gardens in the Brandywine Valley. A severe powder mill explosion in 1890 resulted in the abandonment of Eleutherian Mills as a du Pont family residence and the subsequent disappearance of the garden. Based upon research and archaeological excavation, the Hagley Museum is restoring it to the appearance it bore during E.I. du Pont's lifetime on the Brandywine, 1802-1834.
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4. HAGLEH_080112_144.JPG: Cooper shop
5. HAGLEH_080112_147.JPG: Cooper Shop: Barrel kegs, tubs, buckets, & other types of wooden containers were made by coopers in workshops similar to this. For storing & transporting bulk goods, both wet & dry, the cooper's wares were in widespread use on the farm, in the home, in the factory, in trade & commerce. To supply the thousands of kegs & barrels needed annually for shipping powder, the du Pont company employed a staff of coopers in several shops operated close to the powder yards.
6. HAGLEH_080112_152.JPG: The Conestoga Wagon: From the early 1700s until late in the nineteenth century, Conestoga wagons drawn by teams of four or six powerful Conestoga horses lumbered over the rough country roads, the hard-surfaced turnpikes, and the cobblestoned streets of river towns and port cities hauling bulky, heavy containers. A wagon of this size could carry four or five tons of iron ore, coal, or lime; 30 barrels of flour, each weighing 200 pounds; or, when fully loaded at the du Pont Company's powder magazine, 120 kegs of powder, each holding 25 pounds. The soaring canopy was of white or grey homespun or canvas, the body painted Prussian blue, and the running gear a bright red. The boat-shaped body was usually made of white oak, the floor boards of poplar, and axles and hubs of hickory and gum wood. A carpenter, wheelwright, and blacksmith, with their helpers, could construct a wagon with all its accessories in approximately two months' time at a cost of $250 to $300.
7. HAGLEH_080112_155.JPG: The Conestoga Wagon
8. HAGLEH_080112_176.JPG: Rockaway Coach
9. HAGLEH_080112_178.JPG: The Du Pont Barn: In 1802-1803, E.I. du Pont erected a stone barn on this site at the same time his home and powder yards were being built nearby. The barn became the center of extensive farming and gardening activities. Here were stabled the family's carriage and stable horses and the horses and mules that hauled powder wagons and pulled the carts and narrow gauge rail cars carrying ingredients from mill to mill. Expanded farming and factory operations made necessary the reconstruction and enlargement of the barn in 1844 to its present size and appearance.
10. HAGLEH_080112_198.JPG: Boston Chaise: The chaise or "shay" was a popular nineteenth century pleasure vehicle designed to carry two persons. This one is lacking the customary folding top but has unusual "springs". It is of New England design and known as a Boston Chaise. Runabout Buggy: Colonel Henry Algernon du Pont, gentleman farmer and owner of Winterthur on the Kennett Pike, owned this light runabout which was built about 1885 by John Walther, Wilmington carriage maker. Rockaway Coach: This rockaway coach, a popular family and businessman's vehicle, was built in Philadelphia about 1860. Francis Gurney du Pont made his daily inspection tour of the powder mills during the 1890's in a rockaway. Powder Delivery Wagon: This wagon belonged to the du Pont Company powder agent in Buffalo, New York, and was used during the 1890's for making small-lot deliveries of powder to local customers. Dump Cart: The farmer used a dump card for hauling and quick unloading of soil, lime, fertilizer, stone, and other bulk materials. This cart was locally made and used in the 1880s. Market Utility Wagon: The utility wagon was for a long time the all-purpose vehicle of the American farmer. It was used for general hauling and for moving goods and raw materials between market, mill, and farm.
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Wikipedia Description: Hagley Museum and Library
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The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution located in Wilmington, Delaware. The library houses a collection of manuscripts, photographs, books, and pamphlets documenting the history of U.S. business and technology. The library and archival collections owned by Hagley are open to the public for research, with a catalog available online.

The facility is located on 235 acres (0.95 km�) along the banks of the Brandywine River, the site of the gunpowder mill founded by Eleuth�re Ir�n�e du Pont in 1802, known as Eleutherian Mills. The museum and grounds include the first du Pont family home and garden in the United States, the powder yards, and a nineteenth-century machine shop. On the hillside below the mansion lies a Renaissance-Revival garden, with terraces and statuary, created by Louise Evalina du Pont Crowninshield (1877-1958) in the 1920s.

The Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation was formed in 1954, and the museum opened to the public in 1957. By 1972, the plan for restoring the garden had been completed. Today, the facility offers a diversity of restorations, exhibits, and live demonstrations for visitors.
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2008 photos: Equipment this year: I was using three cameras -- the Fuji S9000 and the Canon Rebel Xti from last year, and a new camera, the Fuji S100fs. The first two cameras had their pluses and minuses and I really didn't have a single camera that I thought I could use for just about everything. But I loved the S100fs and used it almost exclusively this year. Trips this year: (1) Civil War Preservation Trust annual conference in Springfield, Missouri , (2) a week in New York, (3) a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con, (4) a driving trip to St. Louis, and (5) a visit to dad and Dixie's in Asheville, North Carolina. Ego strokes: A picture I'd taken last year during a Friends of the Homeless event was published in USA Today with a photo credit and everything! I became a volunteer photographer with the AFI/Silver theater. Number of photos taken this year: 330,000.
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