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PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY
HISTORICAL MUSEUM

"THE BRADLEY HOUSE"

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 Pioneer Tools

   

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The west wall of the room contains many tools and appliances used by early residents of the county.  In the far corner is a display of kitchen utensils and kitchenware, including some popular McCoy pottery and a Caloric gas stove.

To the left of the kitchenware is a cider press, or cider mill, a mechanical corn sheller, a barrel-type butter churn, a cabinet-style butter churn, and an “Old Faithful High Speed Washer.”  Clothes were washed by cranking the lever on the left side back and forth, moving an agitator inside the washer.  The system was still quite labor intensive, but far easier than the old method of washing clothes on a washboard like the one leaning against the washing machine.

To the left of the washing machine is a variety of woodworking tools and farm implements.

 

The Bertram  
      Sisters     
  Millinery 



The
  Calcite Room



The Larke
Bedroom

Country Store

Michigan-Lime
Dining Room


 

Victorian Music Room



The Native
American
Room

     

 

 
         
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