Bedrooms

Third graders from Picadome went to Henry Clay’s home while they were there they noticed a bedroom that room was Henry’s son’s room the room is almost completely made of ash that’s how it got the name Ashland .That room has a fainting couch because the waist on girls dresses were to tight and sometimes made them faint. I am glad we don’t have those any more! I hope you enjoy all the letters that we wrote. Ashland is the best! Third graders from Picadome Elementary visited Ashland Henry clays house .While they were inside the home the students observed a dress in the women’s bedroom. The dress was used for women to were. The corset was for the waste it was tight for the women to were .Sometimes the women might faint .The women would were it to special action .

Lights, Camera, Action!

By Stone

Picadome’s third grade students visited Henry Clay’s home this fall. There were a lot of mirrors in the house. This is a picture of a bedroom in Henry Clay’s home. There are two mirrors in this one room! They weren’t just looking at themselves. They used these mirrors for extra light. Since they didn’t have electricity, they couldn’t just flip on a light. Putting candles in front of mirrors gave them extra light.

Things are different today. We have electricity, so we can just flip on a switch and the lights will come on. We still have mirrors today, but we use them to look at ourselves,

Henry Clay’s Room

By Dylan

Do you know whose bedroom this is? Long ago this bedroom was where Henry Clay and, his wife, Lucretia Hart slept in this canopy bed. Many of the objects in this room are original to house and belonged to Henry Clay. In the winter you can pull the curtains down so you could keep warm. The bed made out of ash wood. When Henry Clay lived here, there were many ash trees around his house. That is why Henry Clay named his estate "Ash Land."

P.s If you ever want to learn about Henry Clay or see what he had in his house just go to Ashland in Kentucky

The portrait above the bed is Lucretia Hart Clay. When Henry Clay was a live, people would have someone draw or paint their portrait. These portraits help us know what the person looked like.

There is a mirror in every room because when the candles were lit the light would reflect off the mirror causing there to be more lit.

 

 

 

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