“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...
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...
July 2nd, our "real" Independence Day?
Here we are, another July 4th looming when we celebrate "Independence Day". Time again to ponder "why" don't we celebrate July 2nd? ...
Happy Birthday, Dolley!
Watercolor by Quaker Artist John B. Collins - 1869 May 20, 1768 Dolley Payne was born at New Garden settlement in North Carolina. Her...
I'm baaaack!
Today, December 15th, is my second day back at the museum. Had a bit of a health scare but surgery was successful and no bad news for...
"Newman's Castle" or Mt. Athos
Mount Athos in Orange County, not Greece, has a rather “colorful” history filled with hard work, romance, excess, jealousy, betrayal,...
Constitutional Convention - Who Was There?
Constitutional/Federal Convention - May 25 to September 17, 1787. Of the 74 delegates who were chosen to attend the Constitutional...
Not sure yet
While we may not house revered documents like the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States, our Collection...
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