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First Floor
Entrance Hall
People are arriving, departing and leaving their calling cards. Pictures of coats, hats, outdoor walking and carriage dresses, boots & parasols are in the hall closet.
Parlor
.......You'll find decorating hints from Harriet Beecher Stowe and her sister; also, romance and inquisitive visitors. The hot topics of the day discussed in the parlor - Politics, New Inventions & Sports - can be found at the Time-Travel Guide.
Dining room
.......How to Give an 1860s Dinner; Great Dinners celebrating achievements of the times & reprints of the dining experience; Dining, dinners, table settings & service.
Kitchen
.......Cookbooks, recipes & 1860s: new cooking gadgets, new foods, food companies founded, food industry progress and agricultural inventions & milestones. Cooks, cooking tools, appliances and of course, food.
Library
.......Shuttle to the Time-Travel Guides for the 1800s decades list of books. Timeline of major literary works, non-fiction, newspapers and magazines.
Conservatory
.......Herbals, flowers and plants for the house.
Veranda
.......Look out upon the town with your companions of the house.
Children's room
.......Children's toys & clothing