Monday, July 27, 2026 (continued)
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Now we were in the Formal Garden designed by
Robert & Mary's daughter Jessie Lincoln, who was also
the mother of Peggy Beckwith, the last Lincoln to live here |
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| Garden sundial |
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| Looking back at the Hildene home past the garden |
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| The pergola |
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| Again a view down on Hildene Farm in the valley |
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| Physocarpus opulifolius/Atlantic Ninebark |
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Bumblebees in the Centaurea macrocephala/
Bighead Knapweed |
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| Small blooms of Thalictrum delavayi/Chinese meadow-rue |
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Sunbeam (1903, by Pullman Palace Car
Company), a private railroad car that was
built during Robert Lincoln's tenure as
president of the company 1897-1911 and
similar to what he and his family would use |
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The Pullman Company was the largest railroad
manufacturing company in the world and the largest
employer of African Americans in the country, providing
jobs as Pullman Porters to those freed by the
Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment;
yet the company worked the porters hard, which
resulted in the Pullman Strike of 1894 |
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Salon seating could be converted into two beds,
but was primarily used for social gatherings |
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| Private Stateroom |
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Another private stateroom with a Murphy sink
that could be folded up out of the way into the wall |
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| Dining Area |
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| Dining Area |
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| Card playing in the Dining Area |
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Bathroom where the toilet would flush
directly onto the tracks |
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Two porters shared the Porters' Quarters,
each working as many as 20 hours per day |
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Galley where the porters were also responsible
for cooking and serving three meals per day |
Next: Hildene III.
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