Day 14 - Memphis/Pink Palace Museum
The museum's unusual name comes from the pink marble used in its construction. The 1920s house was the home of entrepreneur Clarence Saunders, whose Piggly Wiggly self-service grocery store was the forerunner of today's supermarkets. The mansion now contains exhibits about life in Memphis during the early 20th century.
You can walk through a full-scale replica of the first Piggly Wiggly where you see the shelves stocked with groceries and sundries of the day.
As women entered the workforce around 1930 they needed help with household chores. This era gave birth to electric washing machines, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators that kept food frozen, bakery products from the store and canned and frozen foods.
Most of the women took jobs as secretaries. They also became daring when they shortened their skirts and bobbed their hair.
We found the exhibit of old medical equipment and the outfits worn while on duty to be interesting and informative.
There is an excellent display of Civil War memorabilia including a life size battlefield.
New Orleans has it's Madis Gras and Memphis has it's Cotton Carnival complete with elaborate costumes and masks.
The funniest thing that happened to us was in the prehistoric animal display. We came face to face with a Triceratops. You were encouraged to deposit $.50 to see this dread monster move. We laughed and laughed when all we saw it do was move it's head up and down and stomp it's foot. Can you spell S-U-C-K-E-R-S?
The most interesting display was of a circus that was painstakingly hand carved by one man. This circus is completely animated and is delightful and charming.
As women entered the workforce around 1930 they needed help with household chores. This era gave birth to electric washing machines, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators that kept food frozen, bakery products from the store and canned and frozen foods.
Most of the women took jobs as secretaries. They also became daring when they shortened their skirts and bobbed their hair.
We found the exhibit of old medical equipment and the outfits worn while on duty to be interesting and informative.
There is an excellent display of Civil War memorabilia including a life size battlefield.
New Orleans has it's Madis Gras and Memphis has it's Cotton Carnival complete with elaborate costumes and masks.
The funniest thing that happened to us was in the prehistoric animal display. We came face to face with a Triceratops. You were encouraged to deposit $.50 to see this dread monster move. We laughed and laughed when all we saw it do was move it's head up and down and stomp it's foot. Can you spell S-U-C-K-E-R-S?
The most interesting display was of a circus that was painstakingly hand carved by one man. This circus is completely animated and is delightful and charming.
We found the exhibit of old medical equipment and the outfits worn while on duty to be interesting and informative.
There is an excellent display of Civil War memorabilia including a life size battlefield.
New Orleans has it's Madis Gras and Memphis has it's Cotton Carnival complete with elaborate costumes and masks.
The funniest thing that happened to us was in the prehistoric animal display. We came face to face with a Triceratops. You were encouraged to deposit $.50 to see this dread monster move. We laughed and laughed when all we saw it do was move it's head up and down and stomp it's foot. Can you spell S-U-C-K-E-R-S?
The most interesting display was of a circus that was painstakingly hand carved by one man. This circus is completely animated and is delightful and charming.
New Orleans has it's Madis Gras and Memphis has it's Cotton Carnival complete with elaborate costumes and masks.
The funniest thing that happened to us was in the prehistoric animal display. We came face to face with a Triceratops. You were encouraged to deposit $.50 to see this dread monster move. We laughed and laughed when all we saw it do was move it's head up and down and stomp it's foot. Can you spell S-U-C-K-E-R-S?
The most interesting display was of a circus that was painstakingly hand carved by one man. This circus is completely animated and is delightful and charming.