Murray County Museum - PRIZED POSSESSIONS

Carter's Quarter	Barbed Wire	Cherokee Removal FT	Civil War	Coulter Dolls
County Officials	Death Certificates	Early Chenille	Early Doctors	Early Newspapers
Fort Mountain	Free Negroes 1870	Gateways	Historical County Lines	Historical Markers
History of Murray	Korean War	Landmarks Lost	Lists	Memoirs of a Slave
Methodist Church	Murray Artists	Murray Cemeteries	Murray Census 1834	Murray Families
Murray Heritage Book	Murray High School	Murray History 1911	Murray Memories	Murray Post Offices
Murray Quilts	Murray Schools	Old News Stories	Photographs	Planned Displays
Poems	Prized Possessions	Road to Dalton 1950	Roseville Pottery	School Valentines
Stained Glass	Time Capsules	Vann House	Vann Slaves	Veterans Memorial
Vietnam War	Vintage ADs	War Dead	Wood Vases	World War I
World War II	Wright Hotel

PRIZED POSSESSIONS
WELCOME TO
CARLTON McDANIEL'S
COLLECTION OF
WASH DAY PARAPHERNALIA!!
IRONS
Sad Irons

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Basic Sad Iron, when the base cooled, it could be exchanged for a hot base. See next 2 pictures of sad iron bases.

Basic Sad Iron, when the base cooled, it could be exchanged for a hot base. See next 2 pictures of sad iron bases.

Sad Iron base Asbestos.

Another typical sad iron.

A "Mrs. Potts" sad iron, sold in Sears Roebuck catalogs, mid 1930s.

Fancier design with a different type of clamp for holding base to iron.

Latest and greatest in sad iron design!

Gasoline Irons

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Yep! A gasoline iron! Sears 1934 catalog described the features: "1 match to light. Instant heat regulation. Self-cleaning needle. Fuel economy. Both ends are pointed. Actual weight 5 1/4 pounds." Sears sold them $4.90 each.

Another gas iron.

Prized Possessions Continued