De Kalb Meeting House Museum - Part 4

The last unexplored corner of the meeting hall was a reconstruction of an old parlor. It sure looked homey to me and I thought it would indeed be interesting:

There was an old stereoscope, an amusement popular from the 1850s to the 1930s:

An old telephone which still had the local phone number on it and a pair of eyeglasses in a leather and velvet case:

An old crank telephone, appropriate for an old crank like me:

Another stereoscope and a hurricane lamp:

A lovely old rocker:

And a cabinet filled with glassware, undoubtedly local folks' heirlooms:

Having once been the owner and operator of old fashioned wood stoves, I especially appreciated this clever model with its extra chamber for efficient heat radiation:

But the most wondrous object of all was this ornate pump organ, possibly from a local church, perhaps even the meeting house in which it is now displayed. The Victrola next to it brought back memories of my old Sunday School room. We had one there and were allowed to use it. On the other hand, that sure reveals how very old I am, doesn't it?:

When I was done with the parlor, I looked around the room to see if I'd missed anything:

I took another look at the cabinet and tea set, its mirror now reflecting the military uniforms on the other wall:

I'd missed this nifty railroad lantern, but that was about all. So I thanked the historian and bid him farewell so he could lock up the meeting room and put the insulation back against the door. I had an hour's drive back home and planned to do my weekly shopping on the way: