Wabash County Museum

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First Friday is tomorrow and our gift shop is full of goodies! Remember you might win $20 Downtown Dollars and a Membership to the Museum if you shop with us! 💕🎉

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The Wabash County Museum is back in action tomorrow after a two week hiatus! We’re refreshed and ready for guests. Come check us out!

Additionally, we’re starting 2024 by jumping back onto Twitter/X. We have lots of fun history posts and more planned! So make sure to stay tuned!

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A photo from our collections of Honeywell workers on strike for unfair wages. Labor day today is enjoyed by many but fought for by those in the past. Strikes like these created labor unions, which in turn create better working conditions, fair wages, and benefits for workers.

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In August 2005, the ribbon cutting ceremony took place at the Thomas Marshall House, located in North Manchester. This is the house in which Marshall was born. Marshall went on to become the 28th Vice President of the United States.

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🛍️ TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY
The Museum is takin' it to the streets for the annual downtown sidewalk sales! Make 36 E Market Street your must-see stop this weekend.

Please note that this sale will operate on the Museum's normal business hours.

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The Museum has a wide variety of cameras that have been donated over the years. Visit our “Then and Now” section at the museum to compare cameras of the past to today.

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🛍️ The Museum is takin' it to the streets for the annual downtown sidewalk sales next weekend! There will be plenty of items at various prices. Make 36 E Market Street your must-see stop on August 20th and 21st.

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An impromptu baseball game held at White's Institute in 1912. Although most baseball in Wabash County is played without trees interfering in the field today, the rules remain much the same.

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We have some pretty cool things in store for you tomorrow during First Friday! Stop by between 5:00 and 8:00 for $1 admission.
36 E Market Street in downtown Wabash

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We are renovating our fence in the east parking lot and we want YOUR artwork on our fence!

Fence planks are $50
The deadline to purchase a plank is August 31, 2021.
See the full list of requirements and how to purchase your plank at https://t.co/I7xqOMN74X

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Aerial photograph of Salamonie Reservoir from the 1980s. What's your favorite memory from the reservoir?

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Do you really live in the Midwest if you don't have a cow appreciation day? 🐄

Wabash County, Indiana, circa 1935

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Are you a history junkie like us? Well then here's your perfect opportunity! Volunteer at the Museum today. Visit https://t.co/MXDCuVAJnb and scroll to the bottom to find the full list of volunteer info.

P.S. you'd even get a volunteer discount 🎉

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🐘 We can almost guarantee you haven't heard this entire story of Modoc the elephant. Catch the 15 minute film tomorrow during First Friday! Reenacted by Mike Beauchamp

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Swimming in Lukens Lake, Wabash, Indiana, circa 1965. Are you team pool or team lake? 🌊

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In our collection, we have a Penny Farthing bike, the first type of vehicle called a bicycle. These were most popular in the 1870s and 1880s. What was your first bike like?

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A group photograph of young students at Lincolnville's High School, taken May 10th, 1890. Luckily, this photograph is labelled: Louise Fanning, Carrie Kendall, Florence Thomas, Mary Bogue, Kizzie Holloway, Ethel Tweedy, Ethel Owen, Tina Speicher, Lizzie A. Bogue

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Group photograph of employees of B. Walters workers, taken May 6th,1905. Unfortunately the photograph is not fully labelled, the reverse appears to indicate that the gentleman with a check over his head is August Tholke.