Upstairs at the Danville Museum

At the top of the stairs we have a velocipede.  In the 1880's it was THE thing to ride bicycles - and you did it in your Sunday best.  This, of course, is a tricycle velocipede.  Even the youngsters rode in their best Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes.

In the bedroom that CSA President Jefferson Davis slept in was a very pretty wash basin, pitcher, shaving cup, etc.

Most quality washstands had marble tops to protect against splashing water.  There was a matching chamber pot.  (As irreverent as it might sound to talk about, I suspect is was even more embarrassing seeing the president slip in and out of an outhouse...??)

Now, this really isn't a good photo, but there's a reason for that!  Beth took a look at it and said, "That's awfully small, isn't it?"  and my response was, "You would think a politician would need a bigger one..."  At that we both started laughing again.  Once we get started, Beth and I can't stop, and I never could get a good photo of this thing! (Though it really wasn't that funny.)

From here the numbers led us back down the stairs.  It was an a-maze-ing visit!  Next we went through the smoking parlor.  Not that the parlor was smoking, but that's where the men retired to after dinner TO smoke. Later it was called a Study, and now it's referred to as "The Man-cave."  (Are we regressing?  A cave!)