PIONEER VILLAGE: SELECTED IMAGES

Pioneer Village consists largely of a group of 19th and early 20th century buildings originally scattered around various locations in southeastern Wisconsin that were deconstructed and then reconstructed on what is perhaps a 10-20 acre site in northern Ozaukee County.  The buildings have been furnished with paraphernalia appropriate to the their original purposes.  I have visited the site numerous times to take photos. Perhaps not surprisingly, I keep coming away with photos that are for the most part very similar to the ones I had taken on prior visits.  My visit this June was no different, though I did take a few fresh photos.

One of the first structures is a reconstructed schoolhouse.  Here is a shot of the desks populating the building.

One of the buildings is a barn that includes a window that I have shot before.  I think what keeps me coming back to this shot is the existence of a window on the opposite side that is offset just enough to create some interest in the overall composition.

I spotted the following broom at the entrance to the barn, which made this perhaps the best composition of this series.  In this case, I think the fact that the scene was in the shade helped the overall quality of the shot, as it allowed me to bring out the texture in the broom as well as in the weathered wood of the wall behind.

Following is what I consider an ornament atop what I assume was a wood-burning space heater.

Finally, in one corner of the village there is a collection of farm implements that have been rusting away for a very long time.  The following shot was of some rusted sheet metal on one of the larger implements, a tractor of some sort, I think.  Not to everyone's taste, but I liked it as an abstract.  Or maybe I just can't help myself.

Every time I have gone to Pioneer Village, attendance has been sparse, regardless of the weather.  Add to that the fact that the price of admission is nominal, making this a hidden gem, in my view.

John