Today turned out to be much more eventful that expected. We planned, primarily, to start the trek home with a stop in the South Carolina State Museum. I must admit that this museum was far better than I had anticipated. The facilities cover 4 floors of the building and includes a pretty nice museum shop.
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Along the way we encountered some very hard rain that resulted in a couple of serious accidents. Fortunately, we were not involved and not seriously inconvenienced. However, by the time we reached the museum the rain had subsided.
Much of the exhibits were somewhat common to museums everywhere such as a selection of old cars, etc. However, I discovered several things of interest and things that are new to me.
I thought the train below was interesting and somewhat colorful, too. The boiler looks like a very large alcoholic beverage!
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There were many cars. Did you ever hear of an Anderson. It was interesting that it made a point of being more expensive that their competitors. But, was it really worth it?
Since my former employer was NCR, I was interested in this telephone system and the cash register. NCR also installed phone systems in department store way back in time. I once helped work on one in Rockford, IL. It was called the OK Telephone System. That isn’t what this one is, though.
Lets take a look inside a very old general store.
Notice the wooden cabinet cash register in the right photo. I’m not positive, but I think that one is a National Cash Register (NCR). I never serviced one like this but my dad would have.
Many of you know that I enjoy guns and shooting. So, It is appropriate that I handled this old black powder rifle.
Finally, its time for a little language lesson. First, how many of you have ever even heard of the Gullah language? I hadn’t; but I suspect some of my African American friends have. As the sign says, this is a conglomeration of English and African languages. Some common words that we used today from this language are YAM (sweet potato), Okra (vegetable that I do not like) and Tote.
Speaking of final, below is a Cooling Table in use. This was used to hold bodies during the viewing! It was a frame with woven material similar to what was used for chair backs.
We ended the day in Flat Rock, NC where we spent our first night. That first one was uneventful but this one was NOT!.Our bus dropped about 20 of us off at a Cracker Barrel after we checked into the hotel. The driver was to return about an hour an a half later. But he wasn’t there. I called him and discovered that the bus was broken down but he was on the phone with the experts at his bus company. Unfortunately, they did not get the bus running, so we hired a couple of taxis to shuttle back and forth between to hotel and restaurant, until we were all safely returned. That was an expensive mode of travel. Don’t think we will use them to return home, tomorrow! But, that’s another day, so we’ll be back with “the rest of the story!”
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