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MIKE: Minden, Nebraska!
So here's the downtown square.

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This is really cool.

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You know me, I can't drive
through a small town

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without checking out
the small town.

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That is gorgeous.
Look at that.

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Look at those bay windows
in the top.

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ROBBIE: There's no stop
signs anywhere.

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MIKE: I know, it's...
it's like--

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ROBBIE: Like a town square.

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MIKE: This is like
the first roundabout.

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ROBBIE: Yeah.

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MIKE: The town square was

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like the first roundabout.

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(playful music)

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This is where everybody
cruised, man, back in the day.

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I love this, man.

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ROBBIE: What are we going to do?

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Drive around in circles
all day? It's cool--

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MIKE: The thing is the first
time, you're kind of just like,

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"Wow". The second time,
you start kind of, you know,

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looking in the windows
and everything.

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ROBBIE: Yeah.
MIKE: The third time,

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you're really taking it in.

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And then the fourth time,
you're done.

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This is the fourth time.

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ROBBIE: And this must
be the fourth time.

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Are we going to the museum
today or what?

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MIKE: Yeah, we're going.

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(phone ringing)

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Dani D, what's up?

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<i>DANIELLE: Hey guys.</i>

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<i>Where are you at?</i>

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MIKE: We are driving around

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the square, the courthouse

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square in Minden, Nebraska.

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<i>DANIELLE: Okay.</i>

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Well, I just got off the phone
with Monica from the museum,

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and she's wondering
if you guys are still coming.

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ROBBIE: Hey, tell me about this
museum, 'cause it sounds like

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you and Mike already
know what's going on.

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DANIELLE: Hey, I've been trying
to reach you, you have not been
answering your phone.

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<i>This is why you need to pick
up the phone when I call.</i>

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(chuckling)
ROBBIE: Okay, I've been
quite busy.

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DANIELLE: Uh-huh.

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<i>ROBBIE: So, what's the skinny?</i>

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<i>DANIELLE: I'm sending you guys
to Pioneer Village, okay?</i>

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<i>Harold Warp started it
back in 1953.</i>

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<i>But now, it's onto
the third generation.</i>

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<i>And his grandkids, Chris and
Becky, are waiting on you guys.</i>

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ROBBIE: We don't like
to keep people waiting.

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<i>DANIELLE: Now,
just as a reminder,</i>

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<i>nothing in the museum
is for sale.</i>

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<i>But they do have some Quonset
huts out back that are packed
full.</i>

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<i>That is what they're
going to try to sell.</i>

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ROBBIE: The guy fills up
Quonset huts and a museum?

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(laughing)

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DANIELLE: Ha!
(laughing)

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ROBBIE: The overflow.

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MIKE: I love this guy!

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ROBBIE: We didn't bring
a big enough vehicle,

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that's all I'm going to say.

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(♪)

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MIKE: So all of these
are full? Wow.

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AL: There's stuff in here
that has not been seen since
the '50s.

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MIKE: Get outta here.
ROBBIE: Oh really?

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AL: Yeah, he started storing
stuff in like, probably '48.

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MIKE: How many Quonsets
are there?

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AL: 12 Quonsets
and 10 of them are full

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of stuff, excess to the museum.

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LARRY: Hey!
AL: This... this is Larry

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Wilcox, he's a board member.
MIKE: Hey Larry...

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LARRY: Hey, how are you, Mike.

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MIKE: Nice to meet you.
How are you?

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ROBBIE: How are you doing?

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LARRY: Hi Rob.
Nice to meet you guys.

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AL: My name's Al and this
is Larry, and we're both

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on the Board of Directors
of the Harold Warp Pioneer

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Village Museum
in Minden, Nebraska.

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MIKE: Ah dang, I wish
I had this much storage.

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ROBBIE: That's what I said.
(laughing)

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LARRY: Rob said we'd
just fill it up.

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ROBBIE: Wow, LaFrance
fire truck?

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MIKE: God-dang...
this is awesome!

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MIKE: It's an honour to be able
to walk through these things.

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You know, because this is one
man's life-long journey,

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it's his work, it's his passion,
you know.

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And he had the means and the
wherewithal to buy so much.

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So this is... it's really
an unbelievable space.

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Oh look at that...

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ROBBIE: Bicycles, that's cool.
MIKE: Bicycles and repairing.

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AL: Uh-oh.
MIKE: This bicycles sign

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is hand-painted,
and the shape of it looks like

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it might have been in the frame
of a diamond frame bicycle.

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Look at it, he made it out
of another sign, look at that.

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I'm a bicycle guy, man.

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2... 200.

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LARRY: I think that's
pretty good, Al.

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AL: Yeah.

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AL: 200.
LARRY: Yeah, you got a deal.

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MIKE: Thank you, I love it,
I absolutely truly love it.

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(upbeat music)

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MIKE: This thing...

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Look at that!

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It's like a friggin' octopus.

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What do you think that's
off of, Robbie?

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ROBBIE: It's an exhaust
off something.

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MIKE: Heh, that is? No... no.

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ROBBIE: That looks like
a manifold off the bottom

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of a carburetor or an intake.

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MIKE: I don't know, man...

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ROBBIE: I'm telling
ya, that's exhaust.

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MIKE: Whew!

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ROBBIE: Ugh...

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MIKE: Look at this.

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Yeah, what do you think that is?

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AL: A bison head.

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MIKE: Part of a bison skull.

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ROBBIE: Another one right here.

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MIKE: Got a little
more meat to it?

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ROBBIE: Yeah, this one's
actually got more meat on him.

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MIKE: Let me see
the front of it.

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ROBBIE: Yeah.
MIKE: The other side

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would be the front.

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ROBBIE: It would?

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MIKE: Alright, yeah...
how much you want for the pair?

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AL: How's 60?

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MIKE: I'll do it.

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AL: Okay.
LARRY: 60, okay.

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MIKE: Alright.
AL: Sounds good.

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(cawing)

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(rewinding)

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ROBBIE: 23 acres.

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I got my walking shoes on.

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MIKE: Wow...
ROBBIE: This place is huge!

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MIKE: Yeah...

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ROBBIE: What the heck.

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MIKE: Alright.

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ROBBIE: Do I got
to bring a flyer?

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MIKE: Yeah, bring a flyer.

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ROBBIE: Man, this place
looks massive.

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MIKE: I know.

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I wonder if they built
this building or,

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it almost kind of looks
like an old car dealership.

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The inspiration for a lot of
these small-town museum starts

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with individuals that have
passion and pride.

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It's people that want
to move that narrative forward

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and preserve
their community's story.

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Whoa...

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(laughing)

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Hey.

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ROBBIE: Startled her.

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MIKE: Hey, are you Monica?

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MONICA: I am.

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MIKE: Okay, sorry to
startle ya, I'm Mike.

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MONICA: Mike.
MIKE: This is my brother,
Robbie.

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ROBBIE: How're you doing,
nice to meet you.

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MONICA: I'm pleased to meet you.

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MIKE: Yeah.

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MONICA: How can I help?
Do you need to speak

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to Becky or Chris? Is that...

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MIKE: Yeah, I guess, yeah.

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MONICA: They're some place
in this building.

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MIKE: Okay.
Can we look around?

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MONICA: Um... sure,
if you don't mind.

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MIKE: Show us around, yeah.
MONICA: Yeah.

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MIKE: Wow, this is so huge!

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MONICA: You've not
been here before?

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MIKE: No, no, no.
ROBBIE: No, no.

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MONICA: Okay.
ROBBIE: It's like walking

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back in time.

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This museum,
it sits on 23 acres.

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You can imagine the upkeep
and what they have to do

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just to keep the doors open.

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MIKE: Wow...
MONICA: You're in for a treat.

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ROBBIE: Incredible.
MIKE: So did you guys
build this building?

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MONICA: Yes, it was
purpose-built for this.

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ROBBIE: For this museum?

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MONICA: Even though it looks
like a 1950s automobile
dealership.

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(laughing)
ROBBIE: That's what, yeah,
that's exactly what he said.

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MIKE: That's what I just said

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on the way in here, I said,

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"It looks like an old car
dealership."

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ROBBIE: Yeah.
MONICA: Yeah.

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MIKE: Oh my gosh...
ROBBIE: Absolutely... wow...

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MIKE: Oh my God, Robbie,
look at this!

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ROBBIE: Holy cow!
MIKE: This is unbelievable.

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MONICA: Chris? Becky?

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MIKE: Hey, hey!
ROBBIE: There you go.

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MONICA: There's some
gentlemen to see you.

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MIKE: We have been very
fortunate to pick a lot

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of small-town museums
over the years.

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This is a small town,

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but this is not a small
museum by any means.

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I mean, it's like
if the Smithsonian

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and the Museum of Science
and Industry had a baby.

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And we're walking through
this place and then you walk

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into the Aviation Wing
of the facility.

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It's incredible,
it's very impressive.

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This place
is unbelievable!

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Oh my gosh. Hey I'm Mike.

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CHRIS: Chris.
MIKE: Nice to meet you, hey.

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BECKY: Hi, Becky.
MIKE: Nice to meet you, Becky,

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this is my brother, Robbie.
ROBBIE: Nice to meet you.

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BECKY: Hi Robbie.
MIKE: Here, give him a flyer.

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ROBBIE: Nice to see you, yeah.
MIKE: Hey, thank you.

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MONICA: You're very welcome.
ROBBIE: Thank you.

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MONICA: If there's anything can
do to help, just let me know.

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MIKE: Okay great.
She's awesome, man.

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BECKY: So Monica has been
with the Pioneer Village

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for 40 plus years.

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CHRIS: Monica knows everything
that's in the village,

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and she's been instrumental
in helping with the transition

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from our father to us
and the local community.

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MIKE: You can see on
there... airplanes.

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BECKY: Yeah...
MIKE: Yeah.

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(laughing)

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(overlapping chatter)

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Yeah, exactly.
CHRIS: We got one of those,
Mike.

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CHRIS: My grandpa was very
ambitious in all his collection.

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My grandfather started
the Pioneer Village

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and it opened in 1953.

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And he ran and operated
the village for several years

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until about 1984, at which point
in time he stepped back

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and his son, Harold Warp Jr.,
our father, took over in 1984.

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And he ran the village until he
passed on Christmas Day of 2020.

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So at that point in time,
my sister and I got

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involved in the village.

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MIKE: Why this town? Why
did he open in Minden?

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CHRIS: He was born in Minden.

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MIKE: Okay.

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CHRIS: And so he came back in
1948, they were auctioning off

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some of the buildings around
Minden, like the school house

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and the church and such,
and he said, we can't let those

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buildings go,
these are significant historical

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buildings for this area--
MIKE: Yeah, absolutely.

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CHRIS: And so he
bought them and...

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and then started building
the collection and what
you see today.

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MIKE: So he started
collecting buildings?

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BECKY: Yes.
CHRIS: That was the first, yeah.

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ROBBIE: Wow.
MIKE: So he was a romantic.

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BECKY & ROBBIE: Yeah.

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MIKE: I mean, seriously.
CHRIS: A visionary.

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BECKY: Very. Yes.
MIKE: A visionary
and a romantic.

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MIKE: Passion, passionate guy.
CHRIS: But he actually did it.

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BECKY: He loved collecting.
MIKE: You know, he wanted

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people to come to his town
and see all these amazing things

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that really were
the roots of so many things

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that touched their lives.

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You know, like the phone
display and the radio display

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and the airplanes and the cars
and everything else that he had,

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it was like, this is
the history of all of us.

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You know, you can see
that in Minden, Nebraska.

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ROBBIE: Wow...

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CHRIS: So this... this
is the transportation section,

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and this is the wagons.

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And it was important
to my grandfather to show

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the progression
of the vehicle

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throughout the development
of the era.

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MIKE: So even back in the '50s,
when they opened this place,

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something like this would
be hard to find.

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BECKY: Yeah, my grandfather's
sister, Clara, would travel

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the country for a few years.

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MIKE: That was her job?
BECKY: Yep.

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And she would report back
to him writing letters back

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and forth, this is how much
I paid, this is where it came

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from, these are the people
that sold it.

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MIKE: Robbie, look at this, man.

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ROBBIE: 1906 racer?

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MIKE: Yeah, looks like it.

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24-hour endurance contest.

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ROBBIE: So this thing did
1,135 miles in 24 hours.

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MIKE: Oh my gosh, yeah look
here, "This K269 supposably

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won the 24-hour Detroit
Endurance Race."

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ROBBIE: "Supposably."
MIKE: I love that.

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"Supposably," I love
that part, yeah.

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(laughing)

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CHRIS: Well that's
the point of this.

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BECKY: Who knows.
CHRIS: So much of this,

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you know, these artifacts were
documented by word-of-mouth,

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you know, so we don't have...
we didn't have Google.

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MIKE: No I love it,
it's grass roots, you know.

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ROBBIE: Yeah.
BECKY: Yeah.

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MIKE: And that everything is
hand-typed up and stuff.

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BECKY: Yep.
MIKE: And the fact that they

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even have an image of
a chassis and stuff.

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BECKY: And advertisement, yeah.
MIKE: Look at this one, Robbie,

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look at this little boat tail.

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BECKY: So this would
have been him.

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ROBBIE: What year is that?
BECKY: That was his car there.

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MIKE: Oh that was your
grandfather's?

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BECKY: Yeah, and my dad there.

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MIKE: Oh wow...

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ROBBIE: Look at that Cadillac
in the background.

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MIKE: I know,
I'm looking at that.

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That looks like Florida
or something.

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BECKY: That is,
that's Forth Lauderdale.

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MIKE: No kidding.

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So he wasn't just like buying
this stuff for the museum,

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I mean, he's driving the car.

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BECKY: Right, right.

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MIKE: So he was,
he was an enthusiast.

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CHRIS: He had a personal
collection.

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MIKE: The guy was still buying,
he was still out there

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on the hunt, searching for
the coolest, most unique things

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like any other collector would
be, but the fascinating thing

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about him was, he loved it all.

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BECKY: Yeah.
MIKE: Look at that, Robbie,

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that's a pneumatic bicycle tire.

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So oh my gosh, Robbie,
look it...

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this has got a Heathkit
engine in it.

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ROBBIE: It's got
a Hen... Henderson.

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MIKE: So this has a motorcycle
engine in it, that's basically

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been turned into an engine
to be in a plane.

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This is a bicycle
fork, right there.

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You could buy a full plane
with the engine, a full plane

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without the engine,
or just a kit.

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The engine that they
recommended was the Henderson

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Deluxe 4-cylinder.

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And basically what they did was
they cut the transmission off

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of it, and they adapted
the Heathkit to it.

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This is one of the first
I've seen that's actually
in an airplane.

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You know, this is early
shade-tree mechanic,

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home-built aviation.

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Think about that, you know?

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You got 10 acres of corn out
back, you buy a Heathkit,

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you put together a plane,
you mow some of that down,

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you've got your own runway.

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I mean, that's how easy
it was back then.

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I mean, there was no FAA,
there was no safety, there was

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no pilot licences, it was just
run-and-gun, man.

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Yeah, this... this was
sky pioneering.

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Can you imagine taking
off in that, man?

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BECKY: No. You'd be insane.
ROBBIE: Yeah.

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CHRIS: You'd have to have
some real guts to take off
in these things.

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Yeah. But it's cool that people
can actually come in here
and see that.

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I'm getting excited
walking around here

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because, you know, your
grandfather, he had a hell
of an eye, man.

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BECKY: Yeah.
ROBBIE: Yeah.

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(upbeat music)

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MIKE: Oh wow, this is like
a huge courtyard out here.

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BECKY: Yeah.

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You can look around and you'll

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see all the different buildings

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he's collected over the years.

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So here is the one-room
schoolhouse I was mentioning

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before that my grandpa
and all his siblings went to.

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His name's carved
in the desk, and-

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MIKE: Okay.
ROBBIE: So this is, this is--

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MIKE: This is what started it.
CHRIS: Back in 1948, they

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auctioned off several
of these buildings

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and my grandpa bought them.
BECKY: Yep.

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ROBBIE: Wow.

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BECKY: And then here is
the replica of the sod house

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that his parents built when they
homesteaded here in the 1800s.

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You know, it was very common for
this area to have a sod house.

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So the replica on site here
was built the same way it would

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have been back 140 years ago.

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Sod roof, mud walls.

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Here is the second building
that he bought from Minden area.

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It was... it used to be
the Lutheran Church.

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MIKE: These are Harold's
personal memories that directly

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connect to the town's history.

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You know, he's curated
all of this space inside

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and out, so all of these people
are coming into this town,

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and he's letting them see
a picture of not just

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the history
of industrialization,

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he's letting them feel
what it feels like
to be in a small town.

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Just the way he's gathered
the houses and the buildings,

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you know, put them in a circle,
it's like it just, the whole

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place just kind of...
gives you a big hug,

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you know, when
you're looking at it.

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It looks beautiful.

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CHRIS: Alright guys,
I got to go.

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MIKE: It was nice to meet you.
CHRIS: Thank you. Alright.

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Pleasure. See you around.
MIKE: Alright. I appreciate you.

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Okay wow.

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BECKY: So then,
here's a perfect example

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of preserving the displays that
have deteriorated over time.

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MIKE: Okay.
BECKY: Here is an 1879

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steam-run carousel,
we've taken all the--

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MIKE: Really!
ROBBIE: Wow...

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BECKY: ...I want to say horses,
but they're all sorts
of animals.

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They're all wood.
MIKE: This is that early?

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BECKY: Yeah.
ROBBIE: 1879?

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BECKY: And it was functioning
from the beginning

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of the village until
we were children,

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we would ride this for 5 cents.

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And it was just a real
big highlight.

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And we'd love to
bring that back.

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MIKE: Oh...

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BECKY: The horses have been

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put in a dry, safe location

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and they're being worked on now.

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The hope is to bring it back
to functioning order.

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MIKE: That's amazing,
oh my gosh.

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BECKY: Yeah. So--

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MIKE: So you guys are going

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to like, put a new roof
on this and--

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BECKY: Yeah.
MIKE: You're redoing the horses.

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BECKY: Yeah, that's part of the
reason we have you guys here.

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ROBBIE: Yeah.

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MIKE: Okay. This museum,

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like so many other museums

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in America, these small towns,
are struggling, because they're

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trying to get people
in the door, they're trying

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to get people
to visit their town.

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BECKY: With a project this big,
you don't need just people

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and hours, but money.
MIKE & ROBBIE: Yeah.

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MIKE: Running a museum
is no different than running
any other business.

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There's challenges with all
of this stuff, you know,

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changing out the displays,
you know, what is relevant,

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what is not, things that work
back in 1953, are they working
in 2022, you know.

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So that's what these
guys are looking at.

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You know, they're like
"Hey, my grandfather did this,

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my father did this,

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how are we going to put
our signature on this?

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How are we going to bring
the next generation into this

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museum because,
we're the next generation.

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So tell me about the Quonset
huts that you guys called

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us about, like what kind
of stuff is in there?

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BECKY: So duplicates, things
that either my grandfather

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bought or were donated
that were never put on display.

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I think the idea was to change
exhibits over time, but...

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So the whole reason
we reached out to Mike

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and Danielle is to get them
involved in helping us with

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the excess, the duplicates,
and seeing what value has been

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sitting there untouched
for all these decades.

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So I'm going
to introduce you to Al.

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He's been around the village
his whole life.

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He was friends with my dad,
and he's on the board,

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and... he's a volunteer.

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MIKE: He helped you guys
out with everything.

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BECKY: Yeah he mows the lawn,
he does all sorts of things
here.

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MIKE: Alright, he's
in the workshop?

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BECKY: Yeah. Hey Al.

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AL: Hey Becky.
BECKY: Hey.

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MIKE: Hey-, hey.

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BECKY: This is Mike and Rob.

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MIKE: Hey, I'm Mike,
and this is Robbie.

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AL: Hey.
ROBBIE: How're you doing?

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AL: Hi, nice to meet you guys.

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BECKY: Al, he's a vital,
important part of how

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the village is running today.

444
00:15:13,513 --> 00:15:15,348
Al's going to take you
through the Quonset huts.

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I got to get back
to the buildings.

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BECKY: Hey, thank you.

447
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MIKE: Hey, thank you for
showing us around.

448
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I appreciate it.

449
00:15:21,687 --> 00:15:24,390
Their grandfather was a
collector that had a museum.

450
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He had a platform,
okay, that's great.

451
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But he still was a collector.

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You know, so I'm really excited
to see what's in these Quonset
huts.

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MIKE: What year is this thing?

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AL: Uh, do you remember
what this is?

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ROBBIE: It's open cab, so it's
got to be like '40s, isn't it?

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LARRY: I'm not sure.

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ROBBIE: Looks like a '40s.

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LARRY: I think one thing that

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you go out to the Quonset,
I think you can say it
is organized chaos.

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ROBBIE: What's this, Mike?

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MIKE: Let me see.

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ROBBIE: They're brass.

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MIKE: Are they? Or are they
painted that colour?

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LARRY: We were surprised to see
what was in the Quonsets as well
as Rob and Mike were.

465
00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:08,000
LARRY: This used
to be off-limits.

466
00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:09,302
AL: Yeah.

467
00:16:09,435 --> 00:16:10,403
LARRY: We were not allowed
to come out here.

468
00:16:10,536 --> 00:16:11,370
MIKE: Really?

469
00:16:11,504 --> 00:16:12,738
ROBBIE: So basically, no one

470
00:16:12,872 --> 00:16:14,040
was allowed to come out here?

471
00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:15,441
LARRY: No.
AL: No. The whole community's

472
00:16:15,575 --> 00:16:17,310
wanted in here for years to see
what was in here.

473
00:16:17,443 --> 00:16:18,911
ROBBIE: So, I mean,
how did all this get in here,

474
00:16:19,045 --> 00:16:20,379
'cause he didn't do
it by himself.

475
00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:22,181
LARRY: Well, we're talking about
Skip Warp, not Harold Warp.

476
00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:23,883
ROBBIE: Yeah?
LARRY: Harold Warp's the one

477
00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:25,518
that kept putting
the inventory in here.

478
00:16:25,651 --> 00:16:26,986
ROBBIE: Harold put
the stuff in here?

479
00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:28,354
LARRY: Yeah. And Skip...

480
00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:29,288
ROBBIE: And then Skip
made it off-limits.

481
00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:30,490
LARRY: Yes.
MIKE: Okay.

482
00:16:30,623 --> 00:16:31,657
LARRY: He made it off-limits
and--

483
00:16:31,791 --> 00:16:33,092
ROBBIE: Wow.
AL: Skip was Harold's son,

484
00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:36,829
and he took over the museum
after Harold was gone.

485
00:16:36,963 --> 00:16:40,166
MIKE: What about this bell?
It's like an old boxing bell.

486
00:16:40,299 --> 00:16:41,133
(Ding!)

487
00:16:41,267 --> 00:16:42,401
LARRY: Round 1.

488
00:16:42,535 --> 00:16:43,502
MIKE: 30 bucks.

489
00:16:43,636 --> 00:16:45,137
LARRY: Yes, that sounds alright.

490
00:16:45,271 --> 00:16:47,039
ROBBIE: Yeah.
MIKE: Harold's interest
was obviously very wide.

491
00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:48,941
He bought anything
and everything,

492
00:16:49,075 --> 00:16:52,144
and it looks like he bought out
places, like an automotive shop

493
00:16:52,278 --> 00:16:53,479
or an old bicycle shop.

494
00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:55,548
This is a bicycle light.

495
00:16:55,681 --> 00:16:56,916
You know, the lens is good,

496
00:16:57,049 --> 00:16:58,885
there's a... see if there
are reflectors in there...

497
00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:00,219
there's a reflector in there.

498
00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:02,755
The top is smashed
right here, so.

499
00:17:02,889 --> 00:17:04,357
LARRY: Good for parts.
MIKE: Yeah, there's good

500
00:17:04,490 --> 00:17:05,791
for parts, that's what I'm
saying, is there any other

501
00:17:05,925 --> 00:17:06,792
bicycle lights in there, Robbie?

502
00:17:06,926 --> 00:17:08,394
ROBBIE: No.

503
00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:10,062
MIKE: You know, when you're
digging through so much stuff

504
00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:11,964
like this, you're looking
for things that connect with

505
00:17:12,098 --> 00:17:14,133
you, you know, things that you
can understand they have value

506
00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:16,235
and then things that you've
never seen before.

507
00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:19,071
It's just interesting
to dig through layers of dust

508
00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:22,275
and layers of items that
have been sitting for so long.

509
00:17:23,643 --> 00:17:26,012
These places are tombs,
they're catacombs of all these

510
00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:28,881
things that have been
collected for so long.

511
00:17:29,015 --> 00:17:31,684
And then the fact that no one's
been allowed to come in here.

512
00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:33,719
ROBBIE: Ugh!

513
00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:34,987
MIKE: See, somebody made this.

514
00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:36,188
ROBBIE: Yeah.

515
00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:37,490
MIKE: The top,
that's off of a fence.

516
00:17:37,623 --> 00:17:38,758
ROBBIE: There's the back bone...

517
00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:40,026
MIKE: Okay, there's
a back bone to it.

518
00:17:40,159 --> 00:17:41,227
ROBBIE: Yeah.
MIKE: So it was maybe made

519
00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:42,628
as a sign or something.

520
00:17:42,762 --> 00:17:43,729
It's not a high-wheel bike.

521
00:17:43,863 --> 00:17:44,697
ROBBIE: No.
MIKE: It's basically,

522
00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:45,698
it's a piece of art.

523
00:17:45,831 --> 00:17:46,933
Gah, it's like you got to look

524
00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:48,401
in every single basket.

525
00:17:48,534 --> 00:17:49,669
ROBBIE: That's what I mean,
every single one of these...

526
00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:50,870
MIKE: You know,
and every underneath...

527
00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:51,737
LARRY: Every place you can get.

528
00:17:51,871 --> 00:17:53,105
MIKE: Hey, look at this!

529
00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:59,512
LARRY: That looks like a leg
off one of the carousel horses
we're restoring.

530
00:17:59,645 --> 00:18:02,214
I think we need to... put that
in with the collection.

531
00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:03,749
MIKE: You guys are restoring
them for sure.

532
00:18:03,883 --> 00:18:05,451
LARRY: Yes we are.

533
00:18:05,584 --> 00:18:07,119
MIKE: Okay, you're going to
catch this leg? You got it, Al?

534
00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:07,920
AL: Yep.

535
00:18:08,054 --> 00:18:08,754
MIKE: Alright.

536
00:18:08,888 --> 00:18:10,189
LARRY: Hey, thanks.

537
00:18:10,323 --> 00:18:11,357
MIKE: Let's see if there's any
more pieces and parts

538
00:18:11,490 --> 00:18:12,858
to the carousel horse here.

539
00:18:12,992 --> 00:18:14,160
ROBBIE: Man, I'm telling you
right now, we're going to be

540
00:18:14,293 --> 00:18:15,027
here 'till midnight.

541
00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:20,967
(upbeat music)
(mooing)

542
00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:25,104
ROBBIE: Every museum has a back

543
00:18:25,237 --> 00:18:27,974
room of where they stock the
excess stuff that's going on.

544
00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:30,576
Things that are broken, they put
it all back in the back room.

545
00:18:31,177 --> 00:18:33,212
Harold Warp... he thought,

546
00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:35,581
"Huh, I'll just fill
up these Quonset huts."

547
00:18:35,715 --> 00:18:37,984
Here's a good seat, Mike.
MIKE: Let me see.

548
00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:39,218
ROBBIE: Not bad.

549
00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:40,753
The leather looks good on it.

550
00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:42,188
MIKE: Yeah, the leather's
decent on it.

551
00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:43,856
It's got the mounting
hardware on it too.

552
00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:44,690
ROBBIE: Yeah.

553
00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:45,992
MIKE: 50 bucks.

554
00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,293
AL: Go for it.

555
00:18:47,426 --> 00:18:49,528
MIKE: Shake the man's
hand, Robbie. Thank you.

556
00:18:49,662 --> 00:18:50,630
LARRY: Hey.
ROBBIE: Thanks guys.

557
00:18:50,763 --> 00:18:52,732
MIKE: Here's part of a bicycle.

558
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:54,033
It's a Hiawatha.

559
00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:56,602
(groaning)

560
00:18:58,270 --> 00:18:59,438
LARRY: Hiawatha?

561
00:19:00,906 --> 00:19:02,108
MIKE: Would you consider
selling this?

562
00:19:02,441 --> 00:19:03,576
LARRY: Yes.

563
00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:06,579
MIKE: This is a 1950s Hiawatha
Chippewa bicycle.

564
00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:08,648
The chrome's in decent shape,

565
00:19:08,781 --> 00:19:11,484
everything's pretty much here,
except for the wheels.

566
00:19:11,617 --> 00:19:13,452
MIKE: 125 bucks.

567
00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:15,988
If this was together, rolling
down the road in the condition

568
00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:19,258
it's in, it'd probably
be about 350.

569
00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:21,060
LARRY: Okay, let's...
let's do it.

570
00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:23,062
MIKE: Alright, Robbie,
shake his hand, Robbie.

571
00:19:23,529 --> 00:19:24,497
Keep shaking, baby.

572
00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:25,564
LARRY: Thank you.
ROBBIE: I'm shaking, I'm

573
00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:26,932
shaking all the hands here.

574
00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:29,135
AL: It was amazing
what those guys could dig up,

575
00:19:29,268 --> 00:19:30,936
they have a sense for it,
that's for sure.

576
00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:32,772
MIKE: Look at this box, man.

577
00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:34,840
They used the licence plates
for the side of it.

578
00:19:34,974 --> 00:19:37,276
1925 and 1931.

579
00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:40,046
AL: One's from Phelps County
and one's from Kearney County.

580
00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:42,581
MIKE: Back in the day, if you
could make it, you made it.

581
00:19:42,715 --> 00:19:44,016
You didn't go out and buy it.

582
00:19:44,150 --> 00:19:46,285
You guys are Nebraska
guys, what are you thinking?

583
00:19:46,419 --> 00:19:47,586
LARRY: $30.

584
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,422
MIKE: I think that's about
what it's worth too.

585
00:19:49,555 --> 00:19:51,857
I love it.
I just love the ingenuity, man.

586
00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:54,260
Now you look at something like
this, like it's a piece of art,

587
00:19:54,393 --> 00:19:57,129
like something that you would
buy on Etsy for 100 bucks.

588
00:19:57,263 --> 00:19:58,698
ROBBIE: This was in this
barrel right here.

589
00:19:58,831 --> 00:20:01,000
It's missing some pieces on it,

590
00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:05,771
but it says
"Allen's Red Tame Cherry".

591
00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:06,839
That's early.

592
00:20:06,972 --> 00:20:08,307
LARRY: 5 cents.

593
00:20:08,441 --> 00:20:09,942
ROBBIE: So it's missing
the top piece, which is the...

594
00:20:10,076 --> 00:20:11,544
that's the money shot.

595
00:20:11,677 --> 00:20:14,680
In the early 1900s, before soda
pop was actually even bottled,

596
00:20:14,814 --> 00:20:16,515
this is how they dispensed
drinks.

597
00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:19,385
They would take soda water,
a little cherry smash,

598
00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:21,854
put it in there, mix it up,
you had a cherry drink.

599
00:20:21,987 --> 00:20:24,523
So it was kind of the beginning
stages of soda pop.

600
00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:26,258
75 bucks.

601
00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:28,094
LARRY: I was thinking
closer to 100, but...

602
00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:30,529
ROBBIE: 100 bucks.

603
00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:31,564
LARRY: Okay.
ROBBIE: I'm doing it.

604
00:20:31,697 --> 00:20:32,898
AL: Thank you.
ROBBIE: Thanks.

605
00:20:33,732 --> 00:20:34,934
MIKE: Look at these horses, man!

606
00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:37,269
ROBBIE: Wow, there's
a bunch of them, Mike.

607
00:20:37,403 --> 00:20:38,404
MIKE: That's what I'm saying.

608
00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:39,939
There's different ones though,

609
00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:42,908
like there's... there's two
in here, there's one in here.

610
00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:44,777
Well here, there's a head
for one, pull that out.

611
00:20:45,511 --> 00:20:47,680
Okay, so this is a...
this is a carousel horse.

612
00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:50,282
LARRY: And that's probably what
we're restoring and we could

613
00:20:50,416 --> 00:20:51,183
use... sure use that.

614
00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:52,585
ROBBIE: Here's a tag I found,

615
00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:56,255
it says "Whitney Reed Company,
Massachusetts.

616
00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:59,658
Toys, hobby horses,
and porch chairs."

617
00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:01,160
MIKE: Yeah.
ROBBIE: These rocking horses

618
00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:02,795
are absolutely amazing.

619
00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:04,563
You got it? Just flip
it right over.

620
00:21:05,064 --> 00:21:07,500
MIKE: So these are basically
like new old stock.

621
00:21:08,134 --> 00:21:10,436
These are rocking
horses without their rockers.

622
00:21:10,569 --> 00:21:12,271
They're in the original crate.

623
00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:15,808
Don't break the crate,
don't break the crate.

624
00:21:16,308 --> 00:21:18,511
Ugh... there.

625
00:21:18,644 --> 00:21:20,246
I would display
this in the crate.

626
00:21:20,379 --> 00:21:21,247
LARRY: Just as it.

627
00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:22,414
ROBBIE: They have
glass eyes, Mike.

628
00:21:22,548 --> 00:21:23,883
MIKE: This whole corner's
full of them.

629
00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:25,784
Glass eyes, horse hair mane

630
00:21:25,918 --> 00:21:29,388
and tail, the original paint,
wrapped in paper.

631
00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:31,857
I mean, these are new old
stock, dead stock.

632
00:21:31,991 --> 00:21:35,594
He must have bought out like
a mercantile or a general
store or something.

633
00:21:35,728 --> 00:21:38,297
ROBBIE: Mike, are those,
the singles the same size
as the doubles?

634
00:21:38,430 --> 00:21:39,865
MIKE: No, the single
is a bigger horse.

635
00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:41,133
LARRY: Yes, yes.
ROBBIE: That's what I thought,

636
00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:42,568
I was looking at the size
on that.

637
00:21:42,701 --> 00:21:44,570
MIKE: It's amazing
to me that these have survived

638
00:21:44,703 --> 00:21:45,905
and done so well.

639
00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:49,074
With the temperature fluctuation
over all of these years,

640
00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:53,212
it's really, really amazing
to find something like this,

641
00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:56,081
that's... that's basically
untouched.

642
00:21:56,215 --> 00:21:57,316
ROBBIE: Ugh.
MIKE: There, got it?

643
00:21:57,449 --> 00:21:58,250
ROBBIE: I got it.

644
00:21:58,384 --> 00:21:59,685
MIKE: Yeah. These are late '40s,

645
00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:01,587
early '50s.
LARRY: Yeah.

646
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,489
MIKE: This one... the hair's
gone on it, the mane's gone,

647
00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:06,425
the eyes are...
this one's been... exposed.

648
00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:08,327
ROBBIE: This one's got
the tails on it right here,

649
00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:09,295
this one's got double.

650
00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:10,529
MIKE: The novelty to me

651
00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,164
is that they're still crated.

652
00:22:12,298 --> 00:22:13,098
ROBBIE: And you leave them
alone.

653
00:22:13,232 --> 00:22:14,533
MIKE: You want to just leave

654
00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:15,901
them in there and probably
take the paper off.

655
00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:18,470
ROBBIE: The fact that they're
in the original crates

656
00:22:18,604 --> 00:22:20,406
makes them worth that much more.

657
00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:23,442
Any time that you can find
an early antique or any type

658
00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:25,644
of antique that's
in its original packaging,

659
00:22:25,778 --> 00:22:28,247
you have to buy these,
because... you're never going

660
00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:29,515
to see them again.

661
00:22:29,648 --> 00:22:32,451
MIKE: I think retail number on
those is like...

662
00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:35,154
God, maybe 700 apiece.

663
00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:38,524
The larger ones,
like this one sitting up there,

664
00:22:38,657 --> 00:22:41,026
I think that's a $750 piece,

665
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,829
just because of its age
and the condition of it.

666
00:22:43,963 --> 00:22:46,098
ROBBIE: This I like,
display-wise better,
because it's--

667
00:22:46,232 --> 00:22:47,266
MIKE: It's smaller, yeah.

668
00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:48,567
ROBBIE: Oh yeah, a lot smaller.

669
00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:49,535
MIKE: A rocking horse
from this time period

670
00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:50,803
isn't really that rare.

671
00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:53,572
But to find one in its original

672
00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:56,575
crate... I mean, that's it, man.

673
00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:58,344
I mean, mic drop.

674
00:22:58,477 --> 00:22:59,712
These are cool.

675
00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:01,614
Would you sell,
since you have so many of them,

676
00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:03,782
would you sell one double
and one single?

677
00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:07,086
AL: We'd certainly
entertain an offer on them.

678
00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:10,956
MIKE: I'd do the one in your
hand there, and these two for...

679
00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:12,491
17.
ROBBIE: 2 double...

680
00:23:12,625 --> 00:23:13,759
LARRY: Sounds alright.
MIKE: Okay.

681
00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:15,194
AL: Yep.

682
00:23:15,327 --> 00:23:16,362
LARRY: That would work.
MIKE: Alright, man, thanks.

683
00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:16,996
LARRY: Thanks, thanks Mike.
MIKE: I appreciate it.

684
00:23:21,333 --> 00:23:22,601
(upbeat music)

685
00:23:25,904 --> 00:23:27,139
MIKE: Wow, look at that engine!

686
00:23:27,273 --> 00:23:28,040
ROBBIE: What is this?

687
00:23:28,173 --> 00:23:29,541
AL: This is a Lincoln Page, it

688
00:23:29,675 --> 00:23:31,543
was made in Havelock, Nebraska.

689
00:23:31,677 --> 00:23:33,579
That's an OX-5 engine.

690
00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:34,680
MIKE: So like what year is this?

691
00:23:35,114 --> 00:23:36,415
AL: Early '20s.

692
00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:38,317
It probably puts out 90
horsepower and weighs about

693
00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:42,054
300 pounds, so...
Mr. Warp bought that airplane

694
00:23:42,187 --> 00:23:44,223
and another one for $150.

695
00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:46,325
MIKE: Have you guys thought
about what you're going
to do with this?

696
00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:49,795
AL: It's surplus, it's probably
something that we'll get rid of

697
00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:52,998
for funding for the repairs
we need in the museum.

698
00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:53,999
MIKE: What's this off of?

699
00:23:55,534 --> 00:23:58,470
AL: This came off of a building
that was built in the 1800s

700
00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:00,539
on the north side
of the square in Minden.

701
00:24:00,673 --> 00:24:03,575
ROBBIE: Oh the skis,
look at how those were made.

702
00:24:03,709 --> 00:24:05,244
I've never seen them
like that before.

703
00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:07,313
MIKE: Aren't those awesome?
This is for a wagon, obviously.

704
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:08,547
This is Nebraska.

705
00:24:08,681 --> 00:24:09,882
It's in the Midwest.

706
00:24:10,015 --> 00:24:11,317
This is America's heartland.

707
00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:12,651
This is the part of the country

708
00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:15,587
that feeds so much
of the rest of the world.

709
00:24:15,721 --> 00:24:17,656
So you got all your
horse-drawn stuff here.

710
00:24:18,223 --> 00:24:21,160
So that's why we're seeing
so many farm implements,

711
00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:24,697
carriages, ox yokes, horse tack.

712
00:24:24,830 --> 00:24:28,167
That's why so much of this
stuff is in this Quonset hut.

713
00:24:29,368 --> 00:24:30,569
Look at that!

714
00:24:30,703 --> 00:24:31,904
(grunting)

715
00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:34,306
So these would be like gas
station island lights.

716
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:35,474
LARRY: Yes.
AL: Really?

717
00:24:35,607 --> 00:24:36,608
MIKE: This is porcelain.

718
00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,111
Would you guys consider
selling these?

719
00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:40,346
LARRY: Yes we would, I think...

720
00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:41,914
MIKE: 400 for the pair.

721
00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:43,515
LARRY: Yes, I think so.
AL: You betcha.

722
00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:44,583
MIKE: Okay.
LARRY: Yeah.

723
00:24:44,717 --> 00:24:45,417
See I think they
tore down the--

724
00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:46,719
ROBBIE: Whoa!

725
00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:48,287
LARRY: ...they tore down
a Standard station too.

726
00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:49,555
I don't know if that would have
come from a Standard station

727
00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:50,389
on the corner.

728
00:24:50,522 --> 00:24:51,290
MIKE: What's it say...

729
00:24:51,423 --> 00:24:52,491
A lot of the things that we're

730
00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:53,792
finding, probably didn't have

731
00:24:53,926 --> 00:24:55,594
value when they were placed
in this building.

732
00:24:55,728 --> 00:24:57,162
ROBBIE: I don't want to fall,
that's the problem.

733
00:24:57,296 --> 00:24:58,397
MIKE: It's plastic too.

734
00:24:58,530 --> 00:24:59,498
ROBBIE: Yeah exactly...

735
00:24:59,631 --> 00:25:00,733
MIKE: The only value they had

736
00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:02,735
back then is that Harold knew

737
00:25:02,868 --> 00:25:04,503
that they were from his town.

738
00:25:04,636 --> 00:25:05,471
ROBBIE: Boom.

739
00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:06,572
MIKE: Look at that!

740
00:25:07,072 --> 00:25:08,607
AL: I'll be darned.

741
00:25:08,741 --> 00:25:10,309
MIKE: Look at that colour on
that. That was on the downside.

742
00:25:11,043 --> 00:25:13,212
ROBBIE: Emergency
Roadside Service.

743
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:14,480
MIKE: Is there any
cracks on the corners?

744
00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:16,448
AL: What vintage would that be?

745
00:25:16,582 --> 00:25:18,083
ROBBIE: Well it's...

746
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:20,719
it's made of Lexan,
so you're probably... it's '60s.

747
00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:21,920
MIKE: What are you
thinking on this?

748
00:25:22,054 --> 00:25:23,389
LARRY: We know signs
are pretty popular.

749
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:24,823
Looks like
it's in pretty good shape.

750
00:25:24,957 --> 00:25:25,891
MIKE: Yeah.

751
00:25:26,024 --> 00:25:27,092
500.

752
00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:29,828
It's a plastic sign
but it's cool.

753
00:25:29,962 --> 00:25:31,230
I mean, obviously this, whoa!

754
00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:32,164
(bleep)

755
00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:33,098
(laughing)

756
00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:34,967
Okay, so...
ROBBIE: Ox yokes.

757
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:38,070
MIKE: Obviously the subject
matter's great, you know.

758
00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:39,371
LARRY: Yeah, the pa--
MIKE: But it doesn't have

759
00:25:39,505 --> 00:25:40,472
a tremendous amount of age.

760
00:25:40,606 --> 00:25:41,874
LARRY: Yeah.
What's the other side?

761
00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:43,208
ROBBIE: The other side you
can't read 'cause it's got

762
00:25:43,342 --> 00:25:44,243
nine inches of dust on it.

763
00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:45,611
MIKE: Yeah, let's wipe it down.

764
00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:46,812
ROBBIE: No... you...
I don't know if I want

765
00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:48,347
to wipe that down.
MIKE: Here, you ready?

766
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,050
AL: We were selling items,
the surplus to a museum,

767
00:25:51,183 --> 00:25:55,354
that have been in storage since
literally the late '40s,
early '50s.

768
00:25:55,854 --> 00:25:58,657
And there were 50, 60 years
of dust on most of it.

769
00:25:59,191 --> 00:26:00,092
LARRY: How about... how about...

770
00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:01,226
ROBBIE: Yeah there's no...

771
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:02,694
the plus to it is there's
no cracks in it.

772
00:26:02,828 --> 00:26:04,363
LARRY: Yeah. How about 600,
both sides are pretty good.

773
00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:05,731
MIKE: 550.

774
00:26:05,864 --> 00:26:07,399
LARRY: Okay, we'll take that.

775
00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:08,834
MIKE: Okay.

776
00:26:08,967 --> 00:26:10,169
ROBBIE: Do you want to--
MIKE: Alright, so this is like,

777
00:26:10,302 --> 00:26:11,470
this is like the gas station
section here.

778
00:26:11,603 --> 00:26:13,539
You got the island lights,
you've got the sign.

779
00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:17,242
For us to get into one barn
that has so much stuff in it,

780
00:26:17,376 --> 00:26:20,312
that's been untouched
for years, is a big deal.

781
00:26:20,446 --> 00:26:22,214
You guys got some
parts and pieces.

782
00:26:22,347 --> 00:26:25,784
And so imagine 12 of those
lined up in a row,

783
00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:28,353
and these are not small spaces.

784
00:26:28,487 --> 00:26:31,457
ROBBIE: Look at that cab-over
right there, the Warp's Window
Materials.

785
00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:33,625
Flex-O-Glass.

786
00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:34,893
LARRY: Yep.

787
00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:36,395
ROBBIE: This thing was
on Cicero Ave.

788
00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:37,863
MIKE: Oh this is their company.

789
00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:41,166
CHRIS: Grandpa started a
business, Flex-O-Glass, in 1924

790
00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:43,869
with Flex-O-Glass,
a window material that helped

791
00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:46,238
grow chickens much larger.

792
00:26:46,371 --> 00:26:49,875
And it was very revolutionary
and it was very successful.

793
00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:52,344
They've been in business
for 98 years and they still

794
00:26:52,478 --> 00:26:55,848
make garbage bags,
plastic for construction,

795
00:26:55,981 --> 00:26:57,850
household goods,
window coverings.

796
00:26:57,983 --> 00:27:01,720
MIKE: And that's what funded
and created the Pioneer Village.

797
00:27:01,854 --> 00:27:02,688
AL: Yeah.

798
00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:03,922
LARRY: And he was 21 years old

799
00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:05,357
when he went to Chicago
to start that.

800
00:27:05,491 --> 00:27:07,593
MIKE: He's a dreamer,
he's an entrepreneur

801
00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:09,061
and he's a creator.

802
00:27:09,194 --> 00:27:12,865
He basically created his own
world with his product.

803
00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:15,934
I mean, it wasn't like he dove
into a market that was already

804
00:27:16,068 --> 00:27:17,736
there, he created the market,

805
00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:21,006
he created a product,
a product that made him

806
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:22,941
a very wealthy man.

807
00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:25,978
And in turn, he gave back
to his community.

808
00:27:26,111 --> 00:27:27,346
ROBBIE: Wow.
LARRY: Yeah, keepsakes.

809
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:28,547
ROBBIE: I can't believe this
truck still exists,

810
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,948
with all the original
advertising on it.

811
00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:31,550
MIKE: Yeah. I mean, this
is a major piece of your...

812
00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:32,951
LARRY: Yeah.
ROBBIE: Yeah.

813
00:27:33,085 --> 00:27:34,653
MIKE: ...the family's
and the company's history.

814
00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:35,921
AL: If it wasn't for the Warp's
Flex-O-Glass, we wouldn't have

815
00:27:36,054 --> 00:27:37,156
Pioneer Village.

816
00:27:37,289 --> 00:27:38,457
MIKE: Great name.

817
00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:40,259
Pioneer, pioneering.

818
00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:42,094
That's what he was,
he was a pioneer.

819
00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:45,831
ROBBIE: There it goes. There.

820
00:27:46,465 --> 00:27:49,301
MIKE: Here we go, how tall
is that? About 8 feet?

821
00:27:49,434 --> 00:27:50,702
AL: Yeah.

822
00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:51,904
ROBBIE: Yeah, and then you
put the shade on there.

823
00:27:52,037 --> 00:27:53,238
MIKE: I'm looking
for a pole for an island.

824
00:27:53,372 --> 00:27:54,840
ROBBIE: That's probably
for an island.

825
00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:56,508
MIKE: A gas pump island,
and this is fluted, it's iron.

826
00:27:56,642 --> 00:27:58,443
It needs a new base,
that's busted off.

827
00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:02,247
This might be the pole from the
lights that we found earlier.

828
00:28:02,381 --> 00:28:04,049
This is a gas station
island pole.

829
00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:05,651
It's fluted, it's cast iron.

830
00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:07,519
You know, it's...
it's really cool.

831
00:28:07,653 --> 00:28:10,656
Since the base is busted
off, you know, which is no big

832
00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:12,324
deal, we're dealing
with steel here, so...

833
00:28:12,457 --> 00:28:13,892
we can weld something
on the bottom of it.

834
00:28:14,026 --> 00:28:16,461
I'm not just going to leave it
here, it's gas and oil-related.

835
00:28:16,595 --> 00:28:17,963
150 bucks.

836
00:28:18,764 --> 00:28:20,566
We're doing it? Okay.
LARRY: Yes, let's do it.

837
00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:22,301
MIKE: Alright, man,
we're doing it.

838
00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:27,773
(upbeat music)
(train horn blaring)

839
00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:29,841
MIKE: Okay...

840
00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:32,344
LARRY: This storage is...

841
00:28:32,477 --> 00:28:35,113
ROBBIE: Wow!
MIKE: Oh Robbie, look at
this one! Holy crap.

842
00:28:35,247 --> 00:28:36,415
AL: It's a bird's nest.

843
00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:37,916
ROBBIE: Where do you go in here?
MIKE: Whew!

844
00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:39,384
What the heck is that?

845
00:28:39,518 --> 00:28:41,853
ROBBIE: I don't know, it's got
like a mailbox inside it.

846
00:28:41,987 --> 00:28:42,754
MIKE: Here, get this...

847
00:28:46,491 --> 00:28:47,726
ROBBIE: We can get to it,
at least.

848
00:28:47,859 --> 00:28:48,827
MIKE: It says...

849
00:28:48,961 --> 00:28:53,699
"J.B. Swanson's patent,
May 1877."

850
00:28:53,832 --> 00:28:55,968
ROBBIE: This caravan's sitting
here on a couple of 4x4s.

851
00:28:56,768 --> 00:28:59,137
It probably was mounted
on a wheel chassis.

852
00:28:59,271 --> 00:29:01,206
And this thing was driving
around the country.

853
00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:04,009
To get it out of here,
I think it's just going
to be a huge chore.

854
00:29:04,142 --> 00:29:05,310
MIKE: Oh my gosh,
you should see the stuff

855
00:29:05,444 --> 00:29:06,478
piled up back here.

856
00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:08,413
ROBBIE: Oh look at that.

857
00:29:08,547 --> 00:29:09,848
What are you standing
on, a hearse?

858
00:29:09,982 --> 00:29:11,650
MIKE: It's crazy! Ugh...

859
00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:13,785
ROBBIE: I'm telling ya.

860
00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:15,053
MIKE: Clean off these turds.

861
00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:16,688
The "undertakah".

862
00:29:16,822 --> 00:29:17,723
ROBBIE: Undertaker?

863
00:29:17,856 --> 00:29:18,657
MIKE: Look at this, Robbie.

864
00:29:19,224 --> 00:29:20,092
(imitating whipping)

865
00:29:20,225 --> 00:29:21,493
ROBBIE: Oh dude.

866
00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:23,295
MIKE: Running to the bone...

867
00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:24,229
ROBBIE: Is that
a freakin' hearse?

868
00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:25,530
MIKE: Running to the bone yard.

869
00:29:26,164 --> 00:29:26,932
Look at this thing, yeah.

870
00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:28,333
ROBBIE: Wow!

871
00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:30,202
MIKE: Every raccoon
has pooped on top of this thing

872
00:29:30,335 --> 00:29:32,437
for the last... 65 years.

873
00:29:32,571 --> 00:29:33,672
(laughing)

874
00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:34,673
ROBBIE: I think it's cool.

875
00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:35,941
MIKE: I think it's incredible.

876
00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:37,309
I mean, it's not something
I'm interested in.

877
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:38,543
LARRY: What's in this crate?

878
00:29:38,677 --> 00:29:40,946
ROBBIE: That's just
a... it's just a counter.

879
00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:42,848
AL: You really have to work your
way through that,

880
00:29:42,981 --> 00:29:44,816
to find the good items.

881
00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:46,985
And there's no rhyme or reason,

882
00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:50,055
it's just whichever one had
some room, they put stuff in.

883
00:29:50,188 --> 00:29:51,990
ROBBIE: What's the deal
with that gas wagon?

884
00:29:52,491 --> 00:29:53,825
MIKE: Oh, if there's
anything we can wipe...

885
00:29:53,959 --> 00:29:55,294
AL: Look at the way
the tank was cut out,

886
00:29:55,427 --> 00:29:56,128
riveted for the seat.

887
00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:57,596
MIKE: Oh yeah.

888
00:29:57,729 --> 00:29:59,431
ROBBIE: Well, usually they
advertise things on the back,

889
00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:00,832
but there isn't anything
on the back here.

890
00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:04,169
MIKE: Just the idea of using
horses to pull gas,

891
00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:06,004
imagine that time in America.

892
00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:07,706
That's when everything
was happening.

893
00:30:07,839 --> 00:30:08,540
It's just so cool.

894
00:30:08,674 --> 00:30:09,708
This is a really early,

895
00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:10,809
awesome piece.

896
00:30:10,942 --> 00:30:12,044
ROBBIE: Oh...

897
00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:13,078
MIKE: You can barely
read Polarine on it.

898
00:30:13,211 --> 00:30:14,012
ROBBIE: Yeah.

899
00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:17,115
AL: Is Polarine a gasoline,
early gasoline?

900
00:30:17,249 --> 00:30:18,717
MIKE: Yeah.
LARRY: Gasoline.

901
00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:20,185
ROBBIE: Oh yeah,
would have been Standard,
Standard Gasoline.

902
00:30:20,318 --> 00:30:21,420
MIKE: Alright.

903
00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:22,354
ROBBIE: What does it
say here? For auto?

904
00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:23,789
MIKE: It says for automobiles.

905
00:30:23,922 --> 00:30:25,991
This is early transportation,
and it says "automobiles"

906
00:30:26,124 --> 00:30:28,026
on it, I was like, just so
hoping I was gonna clean it off,

907
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:29,261
it was going
to say "Motorcycles,"

908
00:30:29,394 --> 00:30:30,429
because if it said motorcycles,

909
00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:31,530
I would have tried a little bit

910
00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:33,265
harder to try to get this piece.

911
00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,169
MIKE: So every single one
of these Quonsets is used

912
00:30:37,302 --> 00:30:38,737
for storage for the museum?

913
00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:39,638
LARRY: Yes it is.

914
00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:40,939
AL: All but a couple of them

915
00:30:41,073 --> 00:30:43,375
that have ag equipment
for the farmers.

916
00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:44,342
ROBBIE: Another fire truck!

917
00:30:44,476 --> 00:30:46,144
LARRY: Yeah.
ROBBIE: Dang!

918
00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:48,980
MIKE: Wow, Robbie, check
out the cab-over.

919
00:30:49,114 --> 00:30:50,148
ROBBIE: Holy Toledo.

920
00:30:50,282 --> 00:30:51,350
(whistling)

921
00:30:51,483 --> 00:30:55,654
Wow. '46 Chevy.
Straight 6. Yep.

922
00:30:55,787 --> 00:30:57,289
MIKE: So it was originally
yellow.

923
00:30:57,422 --> 00:31:00,025
ROBBIE: Basically a cab-over
is an early version of a semi.

924
00:31:00,158 --> 00:31:02,327
You know, you're sitting
over the top of the engine,

925
00:31:02,461 --> 00:31:06,531
these trucks were mainly used in
businesses such as Coca-Cola,

926
00:31:06,665 --> 00:31:09,868
anybody that did moving and
storage, things like this.

927
00:31:10,001 --> 00:31:11,737
But that was
the truck of the day.

928
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,672
So they didn't make
tons of them.

929
00:31:13,805 --> 00:31:14,573
MIKE: Look at that.

930
00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:15,540
ROBBIE: Hey guess what,

931
00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:16,341
this was a Coca-Cola bottling.

932
00:31:16,475 --> 00:31:17,609
MIKE: Really?

933
00:31:17,743 --> 00:31:19,044
ROBBIE: Yeah, it says
right in the back.

934
00:31:19,177 --> 00:31:20,946
MIKE: Oh that's why it was
yellow on the fire wall?

935
00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:23,648
ROBBIE: '42 to '43.
I think people romanticize
about driving those.

936
00:31:23,782 --> 00:31:25,217
And then after they drive it,
they're like,

937
00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:28,386
"I'm done with that, that thing
grabs like an old donkey."

938
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:29,721
'Cause that's basically
what it was.

939
00:31:29,855 --> 00:31:30,956
You got a 6-cylinder in it,

940
00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:32,624
it wasn't meant to go over
45-miles-an-hour.

941
00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:34,059
MIKE: Pretty solid.

942
00:31:34,192 --> 00:31:35,560
Here, here we go.

943
00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:38,563
AL: Our plan for the rest
of the items in the Quonset

944
00:31:38,697 --> 00:31:43,168
is to have a huge online auction
in the not too distant future.

945
00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:44,102
MIKE: They're iconic, man.

946
00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:45,003
AL: Yeah, yeah.

947
00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:46,037
MIKE: You know, you see one of

948
00:31:46,171 --> 00:31:47,105
these coming down the road,

949
00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:48,406
or you see one at a truck show.

950
00:31:48,540 --> 00:31:49,775
Everybody gravitates
towards them.

951
00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:51,676
You know, and that's why
people are spending so much

952
00:31:51,810 --> 00:31:55,147
money on making them their own
and making them be able

953
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,448
to drive anywhere they want to,

954
00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:58,116
you know, with the brakes
and the engines

955
00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:00,285
and, you know, everything
that they want to do to it.

956
00:32:00,418 --> 00:32:02,621
But I understand what you're
saying as far as like,

957
00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:06,892
you know, you get that hometown
honey piece, and especially
a farm truck.

958
00:32:07,025 --> 00:32:08,760
AL: Yeah. Well...
MIKE: That, that's probably

959
00:32:08,894 --> 00:32:11,296
the route you should go is
talking to some local people.

960
00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:12,831
AL: Yeah.

961
00:32:12,964 --> 00:32:14,432
The other thing is, and Larry
can probably confirm this,

962
00:32:14,566 --> 00:32:15,700
I think this truck was used

963
00:32:15,834 --> 00:32:17,135
in the Homecoming parades

964
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:20,205
to haul the football team around
the town square in the old days.

965
00:32:20,338 --> 00:32:21,540
ROBBIE: Yeah?
LARRY: Yep.

966
00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:23,141
LARRY: That's why the church
pews are on there.

967
00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:24,376
AL: I'm pretty sure.
ROBBIE: Okay.

968
00:32:24,509 --> 00:32:26,111
MIKE: Okay, I got
a question for ya,

969
00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:27,379
what about
this bench right here?

970
00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,981
Would you sell this?
Seems pretty solid.

971
00:32:30,482 --> 00:32:33,752
It's... I don't know what, 10
feet long, 8 feet long?

972
00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:35,153
AL: Is that a...
is that a church pew?

973
00:32:35,287 --> 00:32:36,788
ROBBIE: No, I don't think
it was a church pew.

974
00:32:36,922 --> 00:32:38,223
MIKE: Nah...
ROBBIE: There's another
one right there, Mike.

975
00:32:38,356 --> 00:32:39,624
MIKE: What just like this?

976
00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:41,026
ROBBIE: Just like that,
it's right here.

977
00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:45,096
MIKE: The great thing about
these benches is the size.

978
00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:46,498
That's what makes them unique.

979
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:48,033
Okay, 1, 2, 12...

980
00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:48,967
ROBBIE: Yeah...
MIKE: Alright.

981
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:49,901
Here we go.

982
00:32:50,035 --> 00:32:51,036
ROBBIE: You guys got it?

983
00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:52,537
AL: Yep.
MIKE: Let's flip it like this.

984
00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:54,439
There's no repairs that have
to be done, I mean, they're just

985
00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:57,542
good solid pieces of Americana.

986
00:32:58,143 --> 00:32:59,544
Alright, you got two of them.

987
00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:01,513
500 for the pair.

988
00:33:02,414 --> 00:33:04,382
LARRY: I would think
600 for the pair.

989
00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:05,684
MIKE: How about 550?

990
00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:07,819
LARRY: 580?

991
00:33:08,253 --> 00:33:10,155
MIKE: 580, alright, shake
his hand, Robbie.

992
00:33:10,288 --> 00:33:10,956
(laughing)
LARRY: 580.

993
00:33:11,089 --> 00:33:11,923
ROBBIE: 580.

994
00:33:12,057 --> 00:33:13,058
MIKE: 580.

995
00:33:13,191 --> 00:33:13,925
MIKE: Alright,
let's carry it out.

996
00:33:14,059 --> 00:33:15,427
ROBBIE: Okay.
AL: Okay.

997
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,362
MIKE: There's so many pieces
and parts in a lot of these

998
00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:20,665
Quonset huts that are kind
of general store mercantile.

999
00:33:20,799 --> 00:33:23,702
Primitive antiques,
country antiques, I mean,

1000
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:26,004
something that you would
see in a small town.

1001
00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:28,406
You know, the fact that they're
solid, they're wood, there's

1002
00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:30,342
a little bit of detail to them.

1003
00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:32,477
They're sitting here
on a flatbed, and they've been

1004
00:33:32,611 --> 00:33:33,879
here for a number of years.

1005
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,714
It's like, let's get these
outside, man, get some air

1006
00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:37,782
on them,
get the sun back on them.

1007
00:33:37,916 --> 00:33:39,851
Let somebody use these again.

1008
00:33:39,985 --> 00:33:40,752
ROBBIE: I like these.

1009
00:33:40,886 --> 00:33:42,187
MIKE: It's my favourite thing.

1010
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:43,822
ROBBIE: They'd go great
with a farm table.

1011
00:33:43,955 --> 00:33:45,056
Yeah. You got a beer?

1012
00:33:45,624 --> 00:33:46,524
(laughing)

1013
00:33:51,596 --> 00:33:53,164
(upbeat music)
(birds chirping)

1014
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:56,534
(grunting)

1015
00:33:57,302 --> 00:33:58,336
ROBBIE: Alright.

1016
00:33:58,470 --> 00:34:00,972
MIKE: Alright... dang...

1017
00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:03,341
ROBBIE: I don't even know which
direction to go in here anymore.

1018
00:34:03,475 --> 00:34:05,277
LARRY: That's the thing,
hard to keep track of which

1019
00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:06,544
building we've been in.

1020
00:34:06,678 --> 00:34:08,513
ROBBIE: It's like,
every single building

1021
00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:10,215
is like a tomb of treasure.

1022
00:34:10,348 --> 00:34:12,651
MIKE: Oh wow, what kind
of trailer is this?

1023
00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:16,755
AL: I've heard that's a Vagabond
or some kind of an early camper.

1024
00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:18,323
ROBBIE: Here Mike,
pull that out.

1025
00:34:18,456 --> 00:34:20,792
AL: I think it's like pre-50.
Go ahead and take the tarp off.

1026
00:34:20,926 --> 00:34:21,960
ROBBIE: Just pull that over...

1027
00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:23,328
MIKE: Oh wow...

1028
00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:26,898
First impressions, this is
late '20s to early '30s.

1029
00:34:27,032 --> 00:34:29,467
This is pre-Airstream,
it's pre-Bowlus.

1030
00:34:29,601 --> 00:34:30,502
ROBBIE: Wow...

1031
00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:31,937
MIKE: No way.

1032
00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,672
Now the exterior of it is what
they call "leatherette".

1033
00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:36,608
It was a fake leather,
a very thin material.

1034
00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:39,010
And that is what makes
it waterproof.

1035
00:34:39,144 --> 00:34:41,680
The leatherette might
be covering masonite.

1036
00:34:41,813 --> 00:34:46,051
Now they did make trailers like
this with masonite exterior,

1037
00:34:46,184 --> 00:34:48,753
and that was painted
to make it waterproof.

1038
00:34:48,887 --> 00:34:50,555
AL: So Mike, we have
another one of these

1039
00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:53,491
in our car collection upstairs
in one of the buildings

1040
00:34:53,625 --> 00:34:54,960
you haven't been through.

1041
00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:56,728
MIKE: What year is that one?
AL: That's a 1937 and it's

1042
00:34:56,861 --> 00:34:58,163
made out of aluminum.

1043
00:34:58,296 --> 00:35:00,999
MIKE: They started skinning
these in aluminum in '36.

1044
00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:02,167
AL: Okay.

1045
00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:03,602
MIKE: Okay, this company
started in '31.

1046
00:35:03,735 --> 00:35:04,502
They're out of Michigan.

1047
00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:06,004
AL: Okay.

1048
00:35:06,137 --> 00:35:07,305
MIKE: You know, I mean,
obviously the aluminum ones

1049
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:08,373
are a lot more durable.

1050
00:35:08,506 --> 00:35:09,975
Vagabond started out making

1051
00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:11,910
buggies, and then in 1931,

1052
00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:14,245
they started making
travel trailers.

1053
00:35:14,379 --> 00:35:15,580
So I'm looking at this thing

1054
00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:18,183
and I'm guessing
that it's one of their first.

1055
00:35:19,517 --> 00:35:21,419
Look at the tongue
on this thing, Robbie.

1056
00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:22,754
Look at the hitch.

1057
00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:25,457
These early trailers were
pulled like a fifth wheel,

1058
00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:27,759
where the trunk lid would
have came off and there was

1059
00:35:27,892 --> 00:35:30,528
a mounting system inside
the trunk to pull that trailer

1060
00:35:30,662 --> 00:35:33,231
close to the car,
and it was more stable,

1061
00:35:33,365 --> 00:35:37,002
it was air-flow, and
aesthetically, it was beautiful.

1062
00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:40,338
I think this one
has probably been converted

1063
00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:43,942
from a fifth wheel set up
to something with a tongue.

1064
00:35:44,075 --> 00:35:46,011
You know, there's obviously
a tongue on the front of it,

1065
00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:49,347
and that just really shows what
a long life this piece has had.

1066
00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:51,216
I'm excited about
opening this door, man.

1067
00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:55,320
Oh wow, it's got the original
screen door, even.

1068
00:35:55,453 --> 00:35:56,988
ROBBIE: Look at that, folds in.

1069
00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:59,124
AL: Bi-fold screen door.

1070
00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:00,392
LARRY: Bi-fold screen door.

1071
00:36:00,525 --> 00:36:01,593
ROBBIE: These were not
meant for tall people.

1072
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:03,561
Yeah, wow.

1073
00:36:03,695 --> 00:36:06,164
MIKE: This might look primitive
by today's standards,

1074
00:36:06,297 --> 00:36:08,466
but back then,
this was state-of-the-art.

1075
00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:11,102
Yeah, it's got like a kitchen...
except for this tray right here.

1076
00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:12,070
ROBBIE: There's yeah...

1077
00:36:12,203 --> 00:36:13,204
MIKE: I'm imagining this being

1078
00:36:13,338 --> 00:36:15,306
pulled by a Lincoln, a Cadillac,

1079
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,510
a Packard, because back in the
day, to buy a trailer like this,

1080
00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:20,111
you had to have some cash.

1081
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:22,814
Here's a little stove.

1082
00:36:22,947 --> 00:36:24,215
God, this is nuts.

1083
00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:25,817
It's like a little
cabin on wheels.

1084
00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:26,651
AL: Yeah.

1085
00:36:26,785 --> 00:36:27,652
MIKE: It's like literally

1086
00:36:27,786 --> 00:36:28,486
like a little cabin on wheels.

1087
00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:29,454
Once you get inside of it,

1088
00:36:29,587 --> 00:36:31,423
it's really beautiful.

1089
00:36:31,556 --> 00:36:34,025
It's like you're in this wood
cocoon, man, it's so warm

1090
00:36:34,159 --> 00:36:37,095
and it's like you just want
to nest inside this thing.

1091
00:36:37,228 --> 00:36:38,430
ROBBIE: This slides
over too, yeah.

1092
00:36:38,563 --> 00:36:39,531
Yeah, there it is.

1093
00:36:39,664 --> 00:36:41,833
MIKE: Yeah.
Look at the floor.

1094
00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:44,335
It's got the original
tile on the floor.

1095
00:36:44,469 --> 00:36:45,770
Here's your sink.

1096
00:36:45,904 --> 00:36:48,473
ROBBIE: It just didn't
have a bathroom in it.

1097
00:36:48,606 --> 00:36:50,375
MIKE: Oh look at the little
pencil sharpener.

1098
00:36:50,508 --> 00:36:52,377
There's all these things
in here that kind of tell

1099
00:36:52,510 --> 00:36:55,113
a story of who had it,
where they went.

1100
00:36:55,246 --> 00:36:56,648
You know,
from the maps and even

1101
00:36:56,781 --> 00:36:58,650
the old matchbooks
that are inside of it,

1102
00:36:58,783 --> 00:37:01,219
the businesses that they
visited... that's a clue, man,

1103
00:37:01,352 --> 00:37:03,455
from the time period
and where they travelled to.

1104
00:37:03,588 --> 00:37:05,623
The guy had a typewriter
in here, there's an old

1105
00:37:05,757 --> 00:37:07,459
trench coat in a closet.

1106
00:37:07,592 --> 00:37:09,594
You know, it's like they just
kind of walked away from it.

1107
00:37:09,728 --> 00:37:11,696
Oh my God, well you know
what's cool about it

1108
00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:14,632
is that none of the wood
inside's ever been painted

1109
00:37:14,766 --> 00:37:16,801
or anything, it's still
got the original stain on it.

1110
00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:19,704
And then the floor
is super solid.

1111
00:37:19,838 --> 00:37:24,008
I mean, think about it, this
thing is almost 100 years old.

1112
00:37:24,142 --> 00:37:26,177
Robbie, the thing is
hung on something on top.

1113
00:37:26,311 --> 00:37:27,579
Oh it's like the stove pipe.

1114
00:37:27,712 --> 00:37:28,913
LARRY: Yeah, the stove
pipe's up here.

1115
00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:30,248
Okay, got it...

1116
00:37:30,381 --> 00:37:31,616
ROBBIE: Hold on here...
I can't... reach that,

1117
00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:33,084
that's about it.

1118
00:37:33,218 --> 00:37:34,185
MIKE: It's hooked on that..
yeah there you go.

1119
00:37:34,319 --> 00:37:35,053
ROBBIE: There.

1120
00:37:35,186 --> 00:37:37,789
The trailer plate says '58.

1121
00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,090
It's a time capsule.

1122
00:37:40,291 --> 00:37:43,294
MIKE: At one point in time,
this had to be in a

1123
00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:45,130
climate-controlled situation.

1124
00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:47,065
It's just so beautiful.

1125
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:48,600
I mean, it's unbelievable.

1126
00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:50,168
I'm crawling underneath of it,
the floor's wood, obviously,

1127
00:37:50,301 --> 00:37:52,837
and there's... the awning pulls
are underneath, you know, where

1128
00:37:52,971 --> 00:37:54,339
they would have set that up.

1129
00:37:54,472 --> 00:37:56,274
I mean, it was a party, man,
it was a celebration.

1130
00:37:56,407 --> 00:37:58,510
Every time you got somewhere
without a problem and you

1131
00:37:58,643 --> 00:38:00,211
actually made it there,

1132
00:38:00,345 --> 00:38:02,514
that was a reason to celebrate.

1133
00:38:02,647 --> 00:38:04,649
ROBBIE: Wow... look at that.

1134
00:38:04,782 --> 00:38:06,151
Sliding Flex-O-Glass.

1135
00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:07,418
LARRY: Sliding, yeah.

1136
00:38:07,552 --> 00:38:10,054
MIKE: The edges of it are
peeling, you can re-glue

1137
00:38:10,188 --> 00:38:11,589
that, reseal it.

1138
00:38:11,723 --> 00:38:14,959
Over the years, I've been lucky
enough to see carcasses

1139
00:38:15,093 --> 00:38:17,228
of things like this
in the woods.

1140
00:38:17,362 --> 00:38:20,732
You know, you walk up to it,
and you just see the framing.

1141
00:38:20,865 --> 00:38:23,101
You can just see like parts
and pieces, you know,

1142
00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:24,569
it's just like an artifact.

1143
00:38:24,702 --> 00:38:28,706
This is the first one I've ever
seen that's this early,

1144
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,643
that's intact, that's in
unbelievable condition.

1145
00:38:31,776 --> 00:38:34,512
You really have to be careful
with even taking it outside,

1146
00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:38,616
because... if it rained at
all... you know, showing it

1147
00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:40,952
or hauling it somewhere,
you'd... yeah,

1148
00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:41,886
it's just all so...

1149
00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:43,188
LARRY: Seal, seal it back up.

1150
00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:44,689
MIKE: ...it's all so,
it's all so sensitive.

1151
00:38:44,822 --> 00:38:46,858
So is this something that you
guys would consider selling?

1152
00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:48,826
AL: What do you think it's
worth? Yeah, that would

1153
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,862
I mean that would probably
dictate whether we...

1154
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:53,464
MIKE: So, I know you guys
can't see this, but up top

1155
00:38:53,598 --> 00:38:57,602
here, at the seams, there's
a lot of this going on, okay?

1156
00:38:57,735 --> 00:38:59,904
So it's not the end
of the world or anything,

1157
00:39:00,038 --> 00:39:02,607
I mean, obviously,
it can be repaired.

1158
00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:05,977
But the point I'm trying
to make is that if this is sold

1159
00:39:06,110 --> 00:39:08,546
to someone, it has
to be sold to someone obviously

1160
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,416
that understands
the sensitivity of it.

1161
00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:14,652
With that said,
since it is so sensitive

1162
00:39:14,786 --> 00:39:18,756
and it's in such great condition
for its age, that's amazing.

1163
00:39:18,890 --> 00:39:20,258
You know, I love it.

1164
00:39:20,391 --> 00:39:23,127
This is the granddaddy,
the grand-pappy, the daddy-pop

1165
00:39:23,261 --> 00:39:25,563
of all travel trailers, man.

1166
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:28,299
This is Conestoga wagon time
period when it comes

1167
00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:29,868
to travel trailers.

1168
00:39:29,968 --> 00:39:31,202
This is early, man.

1169
00:39:31,336 --> 00:39:33,838
I mean, think about
what roads were like then,

1170
00:39:33,972 --> 00:39:37,041
and roadside attractions
and all of these things.

1171
00:39:37,175 --> 00:39:38,977
I mean, the nation
was just really starting

1172
00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:40,411
to explore itself.

1173
00:39:40,545 --> 00:39:42,714
You know, with travel trailers
and cars that could drive

1174
00:39:42,847 --> 00:39:46,918
further, at faster speeds and
highway systems being put in...

1175
00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:50,588
And then all of a sudden,
the travel trailer comes along.

1176
00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:53,524
Something this elaborate
and this, really,

1177
00:39:53,658 --> 00:39:56,761
I'm going to throw the word out
there, back then, luxurious.

1178
00:39:57,462 --> 00:39:58,930
I think the trailer
in the condition

1179
00:39:59,063 --> 00:40:01,266
that it's in with the work
that it needs, with the top

1180
00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:03,835
and such, is a $20,000 trailer.

1181
00:40:05,370 --> 00:40:07,438
You know, I'd be interested
in it for 15.

1182
00:40:07,572 --> 00:40:08,640
I got to pay some
shipping on it.

1183
00:40:08,773 --> 00:40:10,041
AL: Sure.

1184
00:40:10,174 --> 00:40:12,477
MIKE: So I want to be into it,
in a comfortable way,

1185
00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:14,379
knowing that I've got
to do work to it.

1186
00:40:14,512 --> 00:40:17,882
To take this to the next level,
I don't think it's about...

1187
00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:21,319
restoration, I think it's more
about preservation.

1188
00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:22,754
So what are you guys thinking?

1189
00:40:23,688 --> 00:40:27,058
LARRY: Uh... I... I can feel
it's a $20,000 item.

1190
00:40:27,191 --> 00:40:28,393
AL: Yeah.
LARRY: And with your shipping

1191
00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:31,429
and so on, I think
we should go ahead and accept

1192
00:40:31,562 --> 00:40:34,499
that it's going to be great
for the revitalization
of the museum.

1193
00:40:34,632 --> 00:40:36,634
And I think it's a
big item that...

1194
00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:37,802
MIKE: Oh my gosh...

1195
00:40:37,936 --> 00:40:39,537
AL: I think 15's more than
fair, thank you.

1196
00:40:39,671 --> 00:40:41,005
MIKE: Oh hey, hey man.
LARRY: Thank you, Mike.

1197
00:40:41,139 --> 00:40:42,540
MIKE: Oh my gosh! I'm excited.

1198
00:40:42,674 --> 00:40:43,574
LARRY: Thank you.
MIKE: I'm really excited.

1199
00:40:43,708 --> 00:40:44,876
AL: We're excited for ya.

1200
00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:47,245
You know, for us,
it wasn't that hard to let stuff

1201
00:40:47,378 --> 00:40:49,547
go because we had
no personal connection.

1202
00:40:49,681 --> 00:40:53,384
And I look at that trailer
that they bought, and I see

1203
00:40:53,518 --> 00:40:55,053
a new roof on one
of our outbuildings.

1204
00:40:56,054 --> 00:40:57,388
ROBBIE: Dang, dude!

1205
00:40:57,522 --> 00:40:59,891
Looks like the brain
inside the thing's like melting.

1206
00:41:01,092 --> 00:41:02,327
Ugh... watch the nails.

1207
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:03,695
MIKE: Alright...

1208
00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:06,064
Thank God Harold was such
a pack rat, that they have

1209
00:41:06,197 --> 00:41:10,835
all of this excess inventory
that they can sell to move

1210
00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:12,303
the needle forward.

1211
00:41:12,437 --> 00:41:15,940
You could visit this place
three, four, even five times

1212
00:41:16,074 --> 00:41:17,275
and not see it all.

1213
00:41:17,408 --> 00:41:18,643
This place is that big.

1214
00:41:18,776 --> 00:41:20,244
Harold's dream was that big.

1215
00:41:20,378 --> 00:41:21,946
But you know, over time, man,

1216
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:23,715
you got to maintain that dream,

1217
00:41:23,848 --> 00:41:24,949
and that's where
they're at right now.

1218
00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:27,719
They got a really long
road ahead of them.

1219
00:41:27,852 --> 00:41:29,387
Appreciate your
commitment to this place.

1220
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:30,988
AL: Oh absolutely.
MIKE: Thank you so much.

1221
00:41:31,122 --> 00:41:32,657
But it takes more
than just money.

1222
00:41:32,790 --> 00:41:35,059
You got to come at it with new
ideas, new energy,

1223
00:41:35,193 --> 00:41:39,197
and that passion, the same
passion that Harold had.

1224
00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:41,299
Danielle will call
you about the shipping.

1225
00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:43,601
(honking)

1226
00:41:43,735 --> 00:41:44,635
See you guys!

1227
00:41:45,937 --> 00:41:46,704
LARRY: See ya.