A few highlights ...
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This 19th-century table setting is part of an exhibit depicting the Kingstown Tavern of the 19th century. |
Also part of the tavern exhibit. The mantle is the original. The quilt was made in the 19th century. The lady is lovely but, alas, not real. |
This Chippendale desk is known as a partner desk because it fits together with another desk just like it. But the drawers work in only one of the desks; only the senior partner gets access to the documents. |
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Left, Not your every-day coffee grinder, this flamboyant machine, six feet tall, was found in back of a service station in Wakefield a few years ago, restored and donated to SCM.
Right, The dolls in this collection are from around the world and each is dressed in authentic native costume and festooned with her country's flag. The collection probably belonged to a traveling salesman. All were mounted in carrying cases. |
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His master's voice? The Edison Standard Phonograph was one of many technological marvels of the late Victorian Era. |
This giant-size cash register was used in the Kenyon Store. The store, founded in 1856, was one of only three or four stores on Main Street, Wakefield, for much of the rest of the century. A desk and glass case from the Kenyon Store are part of the museum's General Store exhibit, which recreates a store of the Victorian era. |
Also part of the General Store exhibit. Riding several miles with horse-and-wagon over bumpy dirt roads was no fun. The fewer stops you had to make the better, so general stores were the suppliers of all things to all comers. |
Vincenzo Latino, who came from a family of winemakers in Italy, used this 19th-century wood-and-iron wine press. Vincenzo made wine in this country for more than 70 years. |
This iron stove, made in Massachusetts, could burn either wood or coal, and could even be converted to kerosene. It is part of the Victorian Kitchen exhibit. |
Talk about your survivors! This case displays products that were popular with Rhode Islanders 100 years ago and are still on the market today. |
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The Metz Building
