Museum accessions
January 15, 2006 – March 15, 2006
Coin silver punch ladle, c. 1850, retailed by and stamped "J. T. Young" and "Petersburg," also bearing horse head and chevron mark of unknown maker. Gift of Mary Gautreaux, Portland, Oregon.
Scrapbook, assembled by family members, documenting the life of Clemenceau Givings (1919–1944), a Tuskegee airmen who died in aerial combat over Italy. Gift of Francis Foster.
Virginia business history items: Sauer's Extracts oak counter top showcase; City Produce Exchange sign, Harrisonburg, 1908; Snyder's Jewelry electric advertising clock, Harrisonburg; large glass jar embossed "Goober Puffs/Lynchburg Candy Mfg. Company." Museum purchase.
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