“Any color the customer wants, as long as it’s black.” Henry Ford
(All images are the 1924 Model T donated by Tex Webb.) With regard to the color of the Model T's (1919 - 1925), Henry Ford is quoted for...
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...
Anyone who had watched Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" remembers the wicked Queen, obsessed with her beauty, uttered those...
The Green Book
Technically, the Jim Crow Period was from 1867-1877. It was a time when federal laws provided protection of civil rights for former...
I'll connect you...
We've very recently received a donation from Robbie Colvin of the original phone switchboard of the President Madison Inn (James Madison...
Edison Blue Amberol Cylinders
I will admit straight out that my knowledge of inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison is weak, limited. For myself, the donation of...
"Your oath on the Bible...."
The Museum has several Bibles in our Collection, even a mid-1700's Book of Common Prayer. When colonists arrived on America's shores,...
Tully Choice Bond, Dec. 26, 1750
"My word is my bond." A handshake sealed a deal. These were codes of honor of men from our past which pretty well died out after the...
We're Almost There!!!
We are on schedule for the beginning of construction in March! Check out our "Charters of Freedom" tab and visit New tab...
The Holladay Family of Orange
I have been enjoying reading about the Holladay's of "merrie England". While the earliest history is not included, only alluded, the...
A Tiny Telephone Company
...one of the most beautiful telephones ever made is the Standard Telephone & Electric "rope shaft" candlestick. Standard, like a lot of...
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