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Poppa's Country      


                                      

 

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Poppa's Country Museum

 

 

One of Ackerman's Oldest 
Known Cash Registers

 

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Old Telephone

 

 

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Poppa's 1923 Ford
Model T (Touring) 

 

 

Poppa's 1923 Ford Truck

 

 

 

1941 John Deere Tractor

 

 

1936 Economy 
Hit n Miss Engine

 

 

3 Inch Water Main From 
The Meridian (MS) Area

 

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Here Is An Early Fire Plug.  The Fireman Took His Fire Ax And Pulled This Wooden Plug Out Of The Main. They Set Up A Bucket Brigade Or Some Were Fortunate Enough To Have A Hand Pump.

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A Coal Burning Laundry Heater. This One Is New And Came From Mabus Bro.'s Bldg. Supply In Ackerman.

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Coleman Gasoline Iron. You Pumped It Up Rather Than Heating Iron In Fire Place.

 

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Jamaica Ginger 
Caused Many To Have Jake Leg

 

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Butter Mold Belonging To Poppa's Mom. You Changed Design On Butter By Changing Bottom. This One Has A Flower Design.

 

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Same Butter Mold

 

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This Is Half Pint Milk Jar And Was The Kind Poppa Carried To School

 

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Old Plumbing Supplies. This Was In Mr. Dutch Oswalt's Plumbing Supplies.

 

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A Corporation Stop That Has No Threads And Was Driven Into A Cast Iron Main.

 

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A Cannon Ball That Came Out Of The Yazoo River Probably From A Boat Which Sank During The Civil War.

 

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A New (Old) 
Natural Gas Light

 

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The Pitcher Belonged To Poppa's Mom

 

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A Lap Top Churn
It Was Called Such Because They Would Lift It Out Of the Cradle And Into The Lap So It Would Be Easier To Turn

 

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A Laden Lamp 
Belonging To The Smith Family

 

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A Laden Lamp 
Belonging To The McIntire's (Joan's Family)
The Lantern 
Belonged To The Smith Family

 

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Old Walking Cain Given To Poppa's Dad By Mr. M. L. Peacock Of The MS Delta

 

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