(c. 1860), Old Bethpage Village, New York
This was the home of Henry Williams, a farmer and carpenter, from New Hyde Park. Supposedly a seamstress named Esther resided in the house. There are some large trunks upstairs and they have been heard moving around and upon coming upstairs, are found moved, open, and their contents tossed around.
The interpreters had quite a bit of trouble with one of the parlor windows. It was a hot day and two women were working in the house. They opened the window and turned back to the sewing table. The window slammed shut. They put a stick under the window to keep it open. The next time the window shut they came in to see the stick laying on the sewing table. Perplexed hey put the stick under again and walked away. The window shut once again and this time the stick was somehow way out by the garden. Another time two women were in the house cleaning up. They were across the house form each other and one woman picked up a small child size teacup toy. She heard a small voice saying, “Put my teacup down”, which of course she did and left the room very hastily.
During preparations for Thanksgiving at the village, the door kept slamming shut. One woman used a fireplace instrument to prop open the door. She turned around and got back to work only to be hit in the head by the same thing she used to prop open the door.
This was the home of Henry Williams, a farmer and carpenter, from New Hyde Park. Supposedly a seamstress named Esther resided in the house. There are some large trunks upstairs and they have been heard moving around and upon coming upstairs, are found moved, open, and their contents tossed around.
The interpreters had quite a bit of trouble with one of the parlor windows. It was a hot day and two women were working in the house. They opened the window and turned back to the sewing table. The window slammed shut. They put a stick under the window to keep it open. The next time the window shut they came in to see the stick laying on the sewing table. Perplexed hey put the stick under again and walked away. The window shut once again and this time the stick was somehow way out by the garden. Another time two women were in the house cleaning up. They were across the house form each other and one woman picked up a small child size teacup toy. She heard a small voice saying, “Put my teacup down”, which of course she did and left the room very hastily.
During preparations for Thanksgiving at the village, the door kept slamming shut. One woman used a fireplace instrument to prop open the door. She turned around and got back to work only to be hit in the head by the same thing she used to prop open the door.
(c. 1860), Old Bethpage Village, New York
This was the home of Henry Williams, a farmer and carpenter, from New Hyde Park. Supposedly a seamstress named Esther resided in the house. There are some large trunks upstairs and they have been heard moving around and upon coming upstairs, are found moved, open, and their contents tossed around.
The interpreters had quite a bit of trouble with one of the parlor windows. It was a hot day and two women were working in the house. They opened the window and turned back to the sewing table. The window slammed shut. They put a stick under the window to keep it open. The next time the window shut they came in to see the stick laying on the sewing table. Perplexed hey put the stick under again and walked away. The window shut once again and this time the stick was somehow way out by the garden. Another time two women were in the house cleaning up. They were across the house form each other and one woman picked up a small child size teacup toy. She heard a small voice saying, “Put my teacup down”, which of course she did and left the room very hastily.
During preparations for Thanksgiving at the village, the door kept slamming shut. One woman used a fireplace instrument to prop open the door. She turned around and got back to work only to be hit in the head by the same thing she used to prop open the door.
This was the home of Henry Williams, a farmer and carpenter, from New Hyde Park. Supposedly a seamstress named Esther resided in the house. There are some large trunks upstairs and they have been heard moving around and upon coming upstairs, are found moved, open, and their contents tossed around.
The interpreters had quite a bit of trouble with one of the parlor windows. It was a hot day and two women were working in the house. They opened the window and turned back to the sewing table. The window slammed shut. They put a stick under the window to keep it open. The next time the window shut they came in to see the stick laying on the sewing table. Perplexed hey put the stick under again and walked away. The window shut once again and this time the stick was somehow way out by the garden. Another time two women were in the house cleaning up. They were across the house form each other and one woman picked up a small child size teacup toy. She heard a small voice saying, “Put my teacup down”, which of course she did and left the room very hastily.
During preparations for Thanksgiving at the village, the door kept slamming shut. One woman used a fireplace instrument to prop open the door. She turned around and got back to work only to be hit in the head by the same thing she used to prop open the door.
See photo in original gallery.
