The antique show that my sister & I attended on June 16th was promoted by the historical group that runs Rose Hill Museum in one of the western suburbs of Cleveland. The museum covers several buildings on the grounds of what was the home of the Cahoon family in the 1800's. Many of the rules they instituted in local government for what was known then as the town of Dover, are still in effect today. Among them are restrictions of what can be done in the park that bears their name.

     The museum is only open on Sunday afternoons, so I'd never been inside until the day of the antique show. The small building was half gift shop & I was able to take some photos of the furnishings, such as the one above. The larger home, where the family lived, didn't allow photos, unfortunately. Both places had pianos & record players. The large house had a big living room filled with velvet Victorian furniture, my sister was fascinated with a footstool that matched one of the chairs. I was repulsed by a chair in the hall made almost entirely of cow horns, it was kinda gruesome & out of place next to the fancy table holding a stereoscope & jewelled lamp.

    The weirdest thing about the museum was a number of life sized cut-outs of the lady of the house, Rose Cahoon, enlarged sepia photos standing in nearly every room. There was even just her head shot sitting on one of the chairs. It was overdone & a bit eerie. Aside from that, I found the long awaited visit quite intriguing and might go back some Sunday afternoon for the guided tour.