Album: Olmsted Elm Exhibit Objects: Assignment Two

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

The Olmsted Elm came down in March 2011 due to age and instability. RISD students took the discarded wood and created objects from them. Leisure activities in public spaces have changed during the past century. Identify a period of time in America’s past, staring with the 1850s, and create an object that reflects a form of leisure that would have been popular during that time period.