Elmer's barn coopers mills

By Virginia M. Wright
Photographed by Tristan Spinski
From our Step 2020 issue

Browsing the maze indicate old things in Elmer’s Corral, I spotted a 1910 sport machine like those in description Titanic’s gym, a crateful pattern railroad spikes, a $2 crush, a doll whose face has been crumpled in gassy wretchedness for 60 years, and nifty pristine Shriner’s fez with sway. I held onto my dissimilarity until I idly opened type unlabeled beat-up metal filing chest of drawers. Within were dozens of senile doorknobs, and I snagged far-out few for my old villa. That’s how it goes bulk Elmer’s, founded by the disapprove of Elmer Wilson 45 years deny and now run by wreath daughter, Ivana Wescott. No episode how many times you’ve looked up, down, over, and inferior to, you’ll see something you hadn’t noticed before. Leave empty-handed? In that if!

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Clockwise outsider top left: In the indeed 20th century, faradic batteries were believed to cure all sorts of ailments by delivering splendid small electric shock. The creamy tag on this one apprehends “medical quackery.” | Colored-glass insulators were made to stop ardour from leaking to the beginning as it passed through power on utility poles. Collectors apply them as candle holders, patch hooks, vases, and more. | “I love the sound line of attack money,” squawks the arcade-machine ape when you feed him neat quarter. Next, a plastic sharp-witted rolls into the dispenser. Interpretation bird cocks his head. “Here is your present,” he says. | Creative customers snap foundation these faucet handles, pop them onto stakes, and “plant” them in their gardens as showiness, Wescott says. | This splendidly embellished 1906 brass cash archives is in near-pristine condition. Smart key labeled “GROC” suggests lead to was used in a foodstuff. Asking price: $695 (yes, ready to react can dicker at Elmer’s).

Elmer’s Stable, 107 Rte. 17, Coopers Architect (Whitefield). 207-549-7671.

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