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Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont marks 20 years

Harry Funk
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Courtesy of Dr. Thomas R. Kerr Memorial Museum
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont.
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Jane Foster is pictured in the museum’s dining room, which is set up to resemble a venue for a Victorian-era bridal luncheon.
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Portraits of Thomas, Jessie and Virginia Kerr greet visitors to the museum.
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On display at the museum is an annunciator, an intercom-type system featuring speaking tubes.
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A Victorian Wedding Exhibit is featured at the museum through August.
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Among the items at the museum are equipment that Dr. Thomas Kerr used as a physician.
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A Pocked Kodak camera from approximately 100 years ago is on display at the museum.
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A stereoscope, circa 1900, produces what appears to be a three-dimensional image, as displayed at the Dr. Thomas R. Kerr Memorial Museum.
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An early 20th-century stove adds to the museum’s ambience.
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Prior to washing machines were less-convenient forms of cleaning clothes.

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