Ballard Telephone Exchange
Operators working out of their homes connected callers manually in the early years of telephone service.
County Life
Civil War Saber
Charles Wesley Gardner carried this saber while serving with Company B, 54th Regiment, Pelham’s Battery.
Clip-On Ice Skate
Ice skate used for skating on frozen mill ponds including the one at the George Phlegar Mill.
Horsehair Lap Robe
Goodall Mills lap robe used by Dr. R. Gamble See.
Peoples Bank Vault Door
People’s Bank of Floyd County was one of several county banks established in the early 1900s.
Quartz Conglomerate Millstone
Runner stone from the Irvin L. Huff grist mill in eastern Floyd County.
Salesman Sample Cookstove
Model of an Enterprise cookstove manufactured by the Phillips & Buttorff Corporation of Nashville, Tennessee.
Schoolroom Blackboard
Blackboard used by the ten children of John William and Eliza Harvey Wertz in Aria/Huffville.
Soapstone Sundial
TIME LOVE LUCK / ARE BIRDS THAT SOAR FROM SIGHT / ARROWS ARE IN VAIN / TO STOP THEIR FLIGHT
Taxi Stand
Gentry Harter’s taxi service was a fixture in Floyd from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Topeco Church of the Brethren Commemorative Plates
Preston-Hopkinson Company of Appomattox, Virginia manufactured plates with photographic images for churches and schools.
Willis High School Doorstop
Keepsake reminder of Willis High School painted by Maureen Dalton.
Wooden Document Box
Lewis Peter Booth kept his family’s most valuable papers in this document box.