On entering, the wall above is to your left. It is adjacent to the garage door and contains Hubleys, fire apparatus and family photos, and various diecast vehicles. One passes between that wall and a glass display case, which has the gas pump and the yellow Brum roadster atop it.
The picture above shows the backside of the small case just inside the door. To the left of it is a 4' case with part of the typewriter collection. The photo below is of the door-side case and its contents.
Now we can start up the north wall (below), the wall where the oddball in charge surfs the web, writes, and generally enjoys looking out the windows. A lot. Most of the computer gear has gone now, replaced by new display cases filled with typewriters. All this will be seen in the updated tour soon.
Space is always at a premium out here. Vintage typing tables, below, made for great displays, but now they are gone, replaced by rolling racks, which replaced the plastic shelves. This Ford is gone, too, replaced by a 1929 Ford Fordor.
Today, all seen below has changed or gone. In its place is a single workstand with adjacent file cabinet on one side and four-shelf unit. The single computer, a very small box, a printer and a scanner, and a wall-mounted monitor comprise the museum's computing tools. The displays, toys, Mexican movie posters and airplanes remain.
Not much serious goes on within our museum. No bone scraping, no carbon dating. No painting repair. But, the old man manages to keep busy and have a lot of fun, as one might guess from the photo above. Below, I have to include a shot of my heroes from "Napoleon Dynamite" and my "Ship of Homies".
Where these counter tops were now live several glass display cases and a rack of Olympias and Olivettis. Most of the older Remington portables are shown here, but many more have been added and will be viewable on the website soon.
All the computer equipment and counter tops above are gone. Today, this space is occupied by a four-shelf rolling metal display rack for the Olympia and Olivetti portables.
This wall is now devoted to three long glass display cases and five wall shelves of ultra-small portables.
Above is a view along the west wall over toward the south wall. The photographs have been replaced with
wall-mounted display cases for the rubber toy vehicles collection. All the typing tables, and clutter are gone today.
The south wall, below, has a display case containing half of the toy typewriter
collection. The other half is in another case at the east end of the wall.
Above is a closer view of the south wall. There are two glass cases of toy typers and the one of vintage Remington, Corona, and Royal portables. In the background is a rack that holds plastic toys and various typewriters.
Hotwheels, Johnny Lightning, Matchbox -- I have almost 2000 of these and have yet to figure out how to display them. They have been put into storage for now.
Above is a closer view of the rolling, plastic display rack for most of the plastic cars and trucks, and various typewriters. The one on the floor, by the way, is an example of the first IBM Electric.On the floor? Doggie toys. My two miniature Schnauzers stay out here with me most of the time. There are four rolling racks of typewriters now, and the three display cases.
Above, looking north from the east wall. A rotating rack held hobby publications. Now, they are in magazine boxes on a shelf rack with typewriters. There are four rolling racks of typewriters where the glass cases are. The cases have been moved and are full now. In their place are four tall rolling wire racks with the older, larger typewriters.
With that, we've come to the end of the tour. Come back soon!
