Robert Frost Photo Download [2021]
Maria Haq
Excepted as noted, The Fund for North Bennington, Inc. holds the copyright on historic photos, and Rob Woolmington holds the copyright on contemporary photos. Images may be copied or shared for non-commercial purpose with attribution. All other rights reserved.
From the rusted mailbox to the chairs on the porch, nothing represents rural America better than this classic New England homestead. If you're a New England travel photographer, you should have a couple homestead photos in your image archive; they are excellent representations of old New England.
Erin Paul is a professional photographer, writer, and author who specializes in environmental conservation and historic preservation photography mainly in the New Hampshire White Mountains. His work is published worldwide, and publication credits include: Appalachian Mountain Club, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Backpacker Magazine, and The Wilderness Society.
The simple stone and timber house hasn't changed much since then. The museum has displayed photographs of Frost and his family, a facsimile of the "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" manuscript and woodcuts by artist J.J. Lankes, who illustrated Frost's books. The house now has Frost quotations painted on some walls, including his epitaph, "I had a lover's quarrel with the world," from his tombstone where he is buried in the First Congregational Church cemetery in nearby Bennington.
"We think it's really important to preserve the historic landscape and that connection between the landscape and the work it inspired. Because it's so articulated here," said Bergman, who also teaches literature at Bennington, which is incorporating the museum into students' education. Some students have created a three-dimensional visual of the property using photography, surveying and mapping tools and Frost's desk objects.
"We want to be involved with the community and we want to be involved with supporting the arts and talking about poetry and making poetry accessible," said Bergman. "We live in a rural, slightly economically depressed community. It's important, I think, to make poetry and the arts accessible."
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If You Go...
ROBERT FROST STONE HOUSE MUSEUM: 121 Historic Route 7A, Shaftsbury, Vermont; -frost-stone-house-museum. In May, open Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. June-October, Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission, $10 (seniors or students, $6). Located about 190 miles (305 kilometers) from New York City and about 150 miles (240 kilometers) from Boston.