Gouverneur Museum - The Music Room And Children's Room

I'd already explored the foyer, living room and dining room. My next stop was the music room, and the first thing I saw was this old crank telephone:

This model ship perplexed me until I read the sign. It was a model of the steamer Oswegatchie, the last commercial boat to operate on nearby Black Lake. It sank during high winds in 1908. Apparently, the winds have always been powerful in this part of the country:

This La Tosca Piano-Key Accordion was used by the popular Hyde's Orchestra at local nightspots during the roaring twenties:

And there was a player piano:

Here, listen to the player piano in operation:


I walked up the stairs and into the children's room, where I found lots of toys, dolls and clothing:

There were dolls galore and I had earlier overheard a young boy loudly tell his tour guide that "They are all looking at me and I don't like it." She explained that dolls had eyes and were supposed to look at you. "I don't care, I think they're creepy," the boy insisted:

Eek! When I got to this scary thing, I agreed with the boy about being creepy:
 

All these toys and dresses were undoubtedly kept by sentimental girls and then donated to the museum when they became old women:

There was a model railroad exhibit, a temporary exhibit, which was in its final few days. It was not really in the children's room, but I've included it here because it seemed to fit thematically. Having finished touring the music room and children's room, I moved on - but I'll post that in Part 3 tomorrow: