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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, Its day 3 of the great Vernon Museum and Archive storage room clean out! We found some really cool stuff, some of which we are even offering for transfer to other museums!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Special</i> offer: Its black! Its electric! It sort of looks like a laser crossed with a hair dryer and no one knew what it was until we Googled it, but it will be the most exciting
<span style="color:#3C4043;background:white">ocular </span>device you’ve ever had! It’s a Myoculator! Ours is a bit dusty, with some minor chips here and there. If you have anything to do with glasses, eye doctors, or medicine, this is the machine for you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For Transfer: 3 pairs of baby shoes, totally worn. They belonged to the McNair family, and were worn in the late 1920’s. One pair is black, with laces, while the other two have buttons. Two are black, and one is white (and could do with
a cleaning). We have some donor information but it was never accessioned. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A massive leather trench coat, tailored to fit to the knees of even a 6ft tall muscular man. Its shoulders are reinforced, it has heavy duty storm cuffs, and loops for a belt. It’s dusty, and stiff, but you can tell at a glance that anyone
wearing it would have looked very intimating….which is appropriate because according to our records it was “possibly” a WW2 German officer’s coat. (2016.069.001)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Whoever Lady Wheeler was she was well travelled and had good taste, and today we have a large round brass table top which belonged to her. It is heavy brass and coated in etched scroll work. It was brought from India and has no legs and
it actually resembles a giant serving dish. But it’s in beautiful shape and pretty enough to make a Pottery Barn jealous (1962.026.001).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A large metal tub, with a built in chair, soap holder, and a tiny drain at the bottom for when you are done. This one was bought at auction, but to our casual eyes it may not be historical, and instead made as a reproduction. This of course
makes it perfect for dressing up an historical house! You don’t have to worry about it getting damaged or rusty, you can let your visitors touch play around with it! (1986.134.007)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A small Victorian footstool, covered in a tapestry fabric with pie shaped pattern on top in ochres, red & beige. It must have once made an elderly Victorian lady very happy to perch her feet on it at the end of a long day. Today it’s in
rough shape, with lots of small rips and badly faded colors. (2004.42.1)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To bring an air of class to any room we have a drop-front desk, it’s a pleasant natural color, built in a Georgian style, with a turned pattern. It has three drawers, a hinged drop front that pulls out, six small drawers inside, and brass
pulls. Most alluring of all to me is that the key is still in the front, so you can lock up all your secrets. 105 cm X 53 cm X 117 cm. (1980.099.004)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So long horse and carriage, your museum can now show off a bicycle! Its seen better days, and its tires badly need to be pumped up. But it has a light on the handle bars that even has a generator, and it comes with its original seat, tires,
& handle bars, and an encased chain. It is green and silver in color. Model name: Raleigh Sports. Our records say it’s from the 1920’s, and we laughed and laughed when we saw that, because it’s totally 1960’s or newer (1990.085.001)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested in any of these objects I am happy to send photographs or more information. If you wish to have one of the objects listed here today for your museum shipping costs will be your museums responsibility, and in some
cases there will be an extra fee for shipping materials. If you are interested please contact:
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:Carolyn.ben@vernonmuseum.ca">Carolyn.ben@vernonmuseum.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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