LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Classroom » Multimedia

Colonial-era broom at the Allen House

About this photograph

Creator
David Walbert
Date created
October 11, 2007
Location
Alamance County, North Carolina
License
This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use

See this photograph in context

  • Antebellum homes and plantations: A tour of some of North Carolina's historic houses and farms — big and small, rich and poor — from before the Civil War. (Page 7.7)

Related media

Learn more

In the classroom

  • See our collection of articles on visual literacy for ideas on using photographs meaningfully in the classroom.
Photo of a colonial-era broom leaning against an outside wall at the Allen House in Alamance County, North Carolina.

Sizes available: 1024×683 | 600×400

Photo of a colonial-era broom leaning against an outside wall at the Allen House in Alamance County, North Carolina. The broom, made of sticks, was used to sweep dried leaves from the yard surrounding the house as a way of preventing the spread of fire.