- Location
- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
Great shots, but a here's a piece of advice: There may well be a reason for green 19th century wallpaper to survive well - it may kill everything trying to consume it. It's quite probable that it contains high concentrations of arsenic because arsenic oxide was used as a dye - one of the household killers in the late 19th century. I'd not spend more time in those rooms than absolutely necessary (once won't hurt - arsenic in the air needs time to accumulate before causing serious poisining).Day 11 Outtakes: Old Cabin in the garden
Took photos today inside an ancient (19th century) cabin that sits on our rural property, it is defying the laws of gravity and still upright, somehow. With the bright Spring light angling in via the front doorway - and the combination of 150-year-old wallpaper peeling from ancient wood walls, and a bit more light filtering through roof cracks - it seemed long overdue for a few photos.
Here, next to the open front door, another doorway looks into a darkened room--
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The 19th century wallpaper must have been made to higher standards, to last this long--
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Stepping through the doorway you can see the afternoon light coming through the roof (which is badly in need of some rudimentary repairs, to keep the cabin standing for another year or three)--
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The well-used wheelbarrow, leaning against a wall outside, does not date back to the 19th Century...it's a relative newcomer--
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