Dale and Martha Hawk Museum 2018

Once again this year, my folks and I traveled to rural Wolford, North Dakota to visit the Dale and Martha Hawk Museum for their annual celebration.
Here I am in front of a 1941 Ford.  The dress is one I sumbled upon at the local consignment shop.  It is labeled Dress Barn and has kind of a late 30s-early 40s look to it.  I added the little red belt buckle and wore my "Grandma Walton" shoes which are also reproduction by Nine East and also bought second hand.
I wore a vintage string of pearls and vintage cameo earrings in black and cream.
I like the way the dress fits me, but it was warm.  The temperatures got up into the 80s and I was, to quote Ham in the Sandlot, "bakin' like a toasted cheese"

The door to the blacksmith shop had very ornate detailing, including the door knob.

My father counted 18 different kinds of pie!  And it was so reasonably priced! 3$ for a big slice of pie and large coffee.

 Yummy sour cream and raisin.

There was a little flea market/craft sale where I bought these neat little pieces.  Spent a total of 7$
The Ivory Starch box is neat because it is French on one side and English on the other (came from Canada I'm figuring).

This old projector is a neat item and fun to photograph.  If I recall, these make a kind of ticking or whirring noise when they run.  And if the film broke (which it sometimes did) the projectionist would have to quickly splice the film back together. 

Not sure why, but I like the looks of these cans.  Dirty, old, household or garage type cans that normally would've been thrown away, tell us a great deal about everyday life back in the day.

I also found it interesting that is says "Specially designed".  I quickly googled that and learned that the word specially is correct (I had no idea).  The word "especially" is used when singling out someone or something, "I like Neccos, especially those that are licorice flavored."  But when something is made special for a purpose or occasion, then the word "specially" is used.  "Shannan had a vintage refrigerator cake specially made for my birthday".

And there was your grammar lesson for today.

My mother ooohed and awed over this Royal Albert tea cup, saucer, cake plate, and maybe a salad plate and sandwich plate???  Good grief that's a lot of plates!  I like the unique shape of the plates, rather than being round they have a somewhat scalloped edging. 

This next photo is very interesting to me as I am a diary/journal keeper myself.  This is a weather diary kept by a local minister during the winter of 1935-1936.  One of the things I find interesting about it is on February 15, 1936 the lows in the area were as follows:
Gardena -61 below zero
Willow City -63 below zero
Parshall -60 below zero
Now what find strange is that Parshall, ND holds the record for coldest spot in the state at -60 below zero on Feb. 15, 1936.  But according to this diary, that honor (if you can call it that) should have gone to Willow City, ND for their -63 below zero.  Maybe it had something to do with Willow City not having an "official" weather service temperature recorder person? (what a cool job that would've been).

This child's alarm clock is quite possibly the cutest one I've ever seen!  It's a Roy Rogers clock and Trigger the horse gallops back and forth with each tick of the clock.  Yee-Ha!

As usual I had to have my photo taken next to the gas pump that sits in front of the Nanson store.

Yes, another old can.  I liked the graphics on the can below.

Inside the little house is this AMAZING linoleum! 

Cute kitchen....

One more cute kitchen picture....

Nope, one MORE cute kitchen picture.  Then I'm done I promise.

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t was a very fun day with family food and vintage goodies all around. 

 That's all for today!  Until another time have a happy vintage day!

 

Catalog From Kenmare Museum

While visiting the Lake County Historical Museum in Kenmare a few summers ago (one of our favorite museums) I came across this old catalog from 1917-18 and found it to be quite interesting!  It is 100 years old!

 

Time to pick a pretty dress.  I like the blue dress.
 

 

Apparently, they were big on decorating their clothing with buttons, embroidery and lace back in 1917 and 1918.

 

 

Yes, much ornamentation on these blouses!  Beautiful, decorative buttons and lots of pretty embroidery embellishments! I wonder how many of those buttons ended up in button boxes.

 

 

 

Wish I had a coat like this today!  Look how nice and heavy they were!

 

 

Even their undergarments were decorated with embroidery and ruffles!

 

 

 

And sweet children's coats and hats...so adorable!

 

 

 

I wish I had taken more time to look at the catalog and had taken a few more photos.  I hope that someone from the museum will take the time to very carefully scan all of the pages inside to preserve the illustrations.  They are like a time capsule!

That's all for today.  Until another time, have a happy, vintage day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenmare Pioneer Day 2015--Interesting Linoleum Patten

Taking a little trip back in time to earlier this summer, we attended the Kenmare Pioneer Day for the 2nd year in a row on a beautiful July day.  We had a great time!

We had visited the museum twice in 2014 and I wrote about our adventure HERE.

First, we had a picnic in the Windmill Park.  So far, it has been the only picnic we have had this year!  We need to remedy that soon.

 

 After our picnic in the park, we drove over to the village and spent about 3 hours there. 

A fun time was had by all.

 

 

The Lake County Historical Society has done a wonderful job of taking care of their museum grounds and buildings.  We noticed new boardwalks in front of some of the buildings, fresh coats of paint, and new foundations under a couple of the buildings.  All of this done by volunteers (I believe).  The people of Kenmare really take pride in their museum!

 

As we entered the CCC building, where the diner is set up, I noticed something new!  This decorative linoleum rug!

 

 

I've never seen one like this before and it is in VERY good condition.

 

 

 

 

And we came across this contraption in one of the large buildings.  It was near the gas station owner's desk, opposite the antique radios.  At first glance I thought it might be some kind of battery (with the jars and all) but then I saw that it plugs into the wall.  I am completely stumped as to what it is and will have to ask next time I'm there....because it BUGS me not to know! 

 

In the dress shop, I thought this display was beautifully done.  But as I looked at the little fur stole with it's beady eyes, all I could think about was Ghostbusters 2 and the fur coat scene. (chuckle).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Inside the second little school house (above) we found that someone had started to copy some "seat work" out of an educational magazine.
 

 

 

 

I thought this little seat work worksheet was cute for Thanksgiving.  November 1935.

 

 

 November 1935 is almost 80 years ago!  Think about how long ago that was, and how much has changed since then.  Just think....many of the children who copied these cute little characters, onto a piece of notebook paper, would be in their late 80s, 90s, or maybe not even with us anymore.
The teachers who taught in these one room school houses had none of the ditto machines or modern copy machines we have today.  Teachers traced seat work onto paper for their students, or the students drew little pictures themselves. 

 

 Times have certainly changed.  That's why these museums are SO important.  They teach us about our past, and allow our children to see and feel, in a tangible way, what everyday living was like long ago.  Maybe they'll see that we've got it pretty darn easy now a-days compared to those who lived here 80 years ago.

That's all for today.  Until another time, have a happy vintage day!

 

Forgotten General Store

This is so very interesting!  This forgotten General Store (I believe it's located somewhere in Britain), is amazing!  Check out the link below.

 

http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/05/12/diy-dad-buys-a-derelict-fixer-upper-restores-the-forgotten-1920s-general-store-he-finds-inside-it/

 

 Seeing this made me think of all of the "general stores" I've seen in local museums.

First, there is the General Store at the Buffalo Trails Museum in my hometown of Epping.  This "general store" is just a cubical.  The Buffalo Trails Museum is amazing and takes up most of Epping's main street.  I'm just so glad that it is still being cared for and is still open after all these years.

 

Buffalo Trails Museum--Epping, ND

My favorite part...the Cheerioats box.

 

Second, there is the general store museum building in Stanley.

"Hello Mr. Grocer Man.  How are you today?"

"Oh, not so good.  I've been feeling a bit stiff lately."

(*sound of crickets chirping*)

Ahhh...T'ain't funny, McGee.

Flickertail Museum-Stanley, ND

This would've been back in the day when you TOLD the grocer what you wanted, or gave him a list, and he would gather your supplies for you.



Flickertail Museum-Stanley, ND



My daughter loves the checker game there in the Stanley store. 





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Third, there is the general store in the Rugby museum.

Pioneer Village Museum-Rugby, ND

Pioneer Village Museum-Rugby, ND

The store in Rugby even has the cracker bins!  Next time I am there I will ask if I can peek around the counter to see the actual bins (I'm guessing they are made of metal--to keep the mice from chewing through, but maybe not). 

Pioneer Village Museum-Rugby, ND

The fourth general store we toured was in the museum in Kenmare. Their general store is inside a bigger building.

Pioneer Village Museum-Kenmare, ND

Pioneer Village Museum-Kenmare, ND

And last we have the general store at the Dale and Martha Hawk Museum in Rural Wolford, ND.

This store was located in the small town of Nanson, ND.  It even contained the meat cooler/display case that it used into the 1980s.

 

Dale and Martha Hawk Museum-Rural Wolford, ND

 

Dale and Martha Hawk Museum-Rural Wolford, ND

 



Dale and Martha Hawk Museum-Rural Wolford, ND



 It's so much fun to look at these photos again, to zoom in and to look at all of the interesting cans, bottles, and boxes of products from long ago.

That's all for today.  Until another time, have a happy vintage day!