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On Going Downtown Florence Pocket Museum
The Downtown Florence Pocket Museum has re-opened at its new location, in the lobby of License Commissioner Mickey Haddock in the joint city-county Federal building. The first exhibit at the new location is vintage barber shop items from the collection of Roger Haddock. The new exhibit from May 1 and continuing through the end of June is an exhibition of old Parker fountain pens and vintage bottles of ink presented by John Harris. On exhibit will be Parker Duofolds from the 1920s, Vacumatics from the 1940's, among others.
The purpose of the Downtown Florence Pocket Museum is to exhibit ordinary items of historical interest from the private collections of local citizens or to showcase interesting ephemera relating to historical persons or events in Florence.
The Downtown Pocket Museum is so called because it is contained within a glass enclosed display case only about five feet long. It is sponsored by the Florence Main Street Project , so anyone with a collection they would like to share should contact Ashley Winkle at 760-9648 ashleyw@florencemainstreet.org or John Harris at 764-1358 jch@shoals-law.com.