Travel Photography > Photos taken in USA and tagged as museums
The museum had a collection of washing machines in one room, from many different era's.
This is one of the earliest machines used to haul lumber. Previously, only horses or oxen had been used.
One room in the Museum was set up as a late 1800's kitchen.
This room had a book to go with it, with every item diagrammed. Each item had a short write up explaining what it was.
This is one of the very early Buicks, it was in the basement of the museum along with several other very old vehicles.
This stagecoach was built in 1906 by the J.C. McKern. It was unusual in that it had leather springs instead of steel
Believe it or not, this is an automobile, not a carriage! It is a 1902 Holsman. Built in Chicago, it originally sold for $1,100.
The interior of the Storehouse is quite large. The Yuma Quartermaster Depot supplied US Army Forts for much of the SW.
This is what the Storehouse looks like today from the outside. I don't think they had green lawns back in the early 1900's though.
This is an adobe building and was used as the office for the Quartermaster's Depot (Army Supply Depot)
Mom and I decided to visit the Quartermasters Depot in Yuma, once a major US Army Supply point for much of the SW. Now it houses a nifty museum.
The US Army was unable to keep the Yuma Quartermaster Depot (and therefore also it's Army Posts in the SW) adequately supplied until men like this figured out how to bring in supplies by steamship from the Gulf of Mexico. He became one of the wealthiest men in Yuma as a result.
This is one of the old US Army supply wagons on display at the Yuma Quartermaster's Depot.
The museum has a number of exhibits on the U S Army and Supply depot, but also some on Yuma, as a developing Frontier town. This ad takes advantage of the near year round sunshine in the city.
This wooden plank road was used from 1916 to 1926 to cover 7 miles of the Imperial Sand Dunes so that cars could cross them.
This is part of the old downtown business district. It is only from the early 1900's however, since several devastating floods washed away many of the 1800's buildings.
In the foreground is a railroad bridge. The River used to be much bigger than it is today.
This is an old adobe house in downtown Yuma that now houses a nifty museum of the area.
We just saw their sign on I-10 so decided to check it out.
This was started in the 1930's by a NY business man who got interested in Archeology
One example out of many for people inducted into the Space Hall of Fame. All inducties have similar plaques lining the ramps in the Museum.
There are a number of exhibits showing parts of rockets or space craft. This one is an Apollo Fuel Cell that converted Hydrogen and Oxygen into electricity and water.
Mom is heading up the steps towards the Museum. It is located on a hill above the city of Alamogordo and can be seen from quite a distance.
The White Sands dunes extend for 275 square miles. You can get an idea of the extent of these from this shot from across the basin.
This system was first used in 1973 to control up to two targets on the missile test range.