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[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY KCET PUBLIC TELEVISION] Huell Howser: WELL, HELLO, EVERYBODY.

I'M HUELL HOWSER.

GET READY FOR AN ADVENTURE.

NOW, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN L.A.

IN EXPOSITION PARK, STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO THE MEMORIAL COLISEUM AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER, WHICH IS THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD-CLASS MUSEUM.

OF COURSE, THERE ARE LOTS OF WORLD-CLASS MUSEUMS RIGHT HERE IN EXPOSITION PARK.

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, SCHOOL KIDS--LOTS OF VISITORS COME TO THESE MUSEUMS EVERY YEAR.

THEY ARE VERY WELL-KNOWN AND HIGHLY RESPECTED.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS ADVENTURE IS ALL ABOUT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER MUSEUMS HERE IN OUR STATE THAT ARE WONDERFUL PLACES THAT AREN'T VERY WELL-KNOWN.

THEY'RE OFF THE RADAR SCREEN.

THEY'RE OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ADVENTURE IS ALL ABOUT.

NOW, TO START THINGS OFF, WE'RE GOING TO REDLANDS.

ACTUALLY, WE VISITED THIS FIRST LITTLE MUSEUM OVER 10 YEARS AGO.

SO, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO START THINGS OFF IS GO BACK IN TIME, LOOK AT THAT FIRST PROGRAM WE DID BACK IN THE 1990s, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK FOR AN UPDATE.

THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO A SECOND LITTLE MUSEUM AND BE BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE.

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY BOTH OF THESE PLACES--BOTH OF THESE PLACES LITTLE MUSEUMS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

ENJOY.

HU WELL, THIS IS GONNA BE AN ADVENTURE.

I AM STANDING HERE ONRE ON ORANE ORANGE STREET IN REDLANDS.

AND I'M STANDING WITH FIRST WROE STELLA STUBBE.

AND STELLA FIRST ME A LETTER BA WROTE ME A LETTER BACK WHEN?

>> IN MA >> IN MAY OF 1994.

HU Huell: AND YOU INVITED ME TO DO WHAT?

DO WHAT?

>> T >> TO DO A FILM ON THE GLASS MUSEUM IN THE CITY OF REDLANDS.HUELL>> AND YOU Huell: AND YOU ARE ASSOCIATED QUITE STRONGLY WITH IT QUITE STRONGLY WITH THE GLASS MUSEUM.

>> FOR MANY >> FOR MANY YEARS.

YES.

Huell: YOU HELPED START >> YEAH; WELL, I W >> YEAH.

WELL, I WASN'T FOUNDER, B THE FOUNDER, BUT I GOT IN SOON AFTER THE MUSEUM AFTER THE MUSEUM WAS PURCHASED.

HUELL>> SO YOU WROTE Huell: SO, YOU WROTE ME THAT FI FIRST LETTER AND INVITED ME TO AND I DIDN'T COME.

AND THEN I DIDN'T COME.

>> RIGHT.

SO, I--D YOU INVITED ?

Huell: AND YOU INVITED ME BACK.

>> IN MARCH OF >> IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WROTE TO YOU AGAIN, AN I WROTE TO YOU AGAIN.

AND YOU CALLED ME ON THE 24TH OF M CALLED ME ON MARCH 24 TO TELL ME TO TELL ME IN 2 OR 3 MONTHS IN 2 OR 3 MONTHS, YOU'D DOD DO T THE MUSEUM, THAT YOU THOUGHT ITE WOULD BE A WONDERFUL VIDEO,L VI.

WHICH IT WILL BE.

AND-- HUELL>> THEN YOU WROTE ME AGAIN?

Huell: THEN YOU WROTE ME AGAIN.

>> YEAH, A REMINDER, I THINK MAYBE IN JULY.

YES-- Huell: HA HA!

SHE WROTE ME THE THIRD LETTER REMINDING ME THAT I HAD CALLED HER AND SAID IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS I'D BE HERE.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO I AM Huell: SO, I AM HERE BECAUSE YOE EITHER GOING WERE EITHER GONNA RUN OUT OF STAMPS WRITI STAMPS WRITING ME LETTERS, OR JUST COME.

I FIGURED I BETTER JUST COME, >> VERY PEHING DONE.

>> VERY PERSISTENT, RIGHT.

Huell: SHE IS.

>> YES.

Huell: BUT WE'RE STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF THIS WONDERFULL LITTLE HOUSE.

LITTLE HOUSE.

WHAT'S THE STORYW?

ON THE HOUSE?

>> WELL, THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1903 BY AN EARLY SETTLER IN EARLY SETTLER IN REDLANDS.

REDLANDS.

AND THEN THE--I DON'T THEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEAR KNOW HOW MANY YEARS PEOPLE LIVED IN IT, BUT IT HAD BEEN VACANT, I THINK, FOR A WHILE.

AND THEN SOME OF US THAT LIKE GLASS, SOME OF US THAT LIKED GLASS, DIXIE HUCKABEE A DIXIE HUCKABEE AND HER HUSBAND, DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A GLASS MUSEUM IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND THEY PURCHASED AND THEY PURCHASED THIS THIS BUILDING--WHICH, YOU'LL SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AT THE TIME THEY PURCHASED I THEY PURCHASED IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PICTURES INSIDE.HUELLB Huell: IT WAS PROBABLY A MESS, WASN'T IT?H, IT WAS.

>> OH, IT WAS.

THERE WAS A BIG THERE WAS A BIG VINE GROWING VINE THAT WAS GROWING IN IN THE W THE PARLOR WINDOW-- [HUELL CHUCKLING]WHAT ALL; IT WM >> AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL.

IT WAS A MESS.

RIGHT.

HUELL>> YOU HA Huell: WELL, YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB RESTORING--G THE HOUS THE HOUSE ITSELF IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> IT'S A VERY >> IT IS.

IT'S A VERY NICE OLD HOUSE.

HUELL>> BU Huell: BUT WE ARE NOT HERE TO SEE THE HOUSE; WE ARE HERE SEE THE HOUSE.

WE ARE HERE TO SEE WHAT'S IN THAT HOUSE?

SEE WHAT'S IN THAT HOUSE.

>> VER >> UH, VERY TRUE-- ALL AMERICAN-MADE GLASS FROM EARLY TIME UNTIL ABOUT-- EARLY TIME UNTIL ABOUT--MAYBE MAYBE THERE'S SOME FROM THE 50'S, BUT MO IN THERE THAT'S FROM THE FIFTIES.

BUT MOST OF IT OLDER.

IS MUCH OLDER.

Huell: WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

WE'RE GONNA GO INSIDE...ND VISIT-- WHAT I AND VISIT--WHAT IS THE EXACT TITLE OF THIS MUSEUM?

TECHNICAL TITLE OF THIS MUSEUM?

>> T WHAT IS IT CALLED?

>> THE HISTORICAL GLASS MUSEUM.

HUELL>> THE HISTOR Huell: THE HISTORICAL GLASS MUSEUM IN REDL MUSEUM IN REDLANDS.

>> MM-HMM.TTING READY FOR Huell: AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE VIP TOUR LED BY STELLA.

IN WE GO.

IN WE GO.

NOW, WHERE I NOW, WHERE IN THE WORLD START?

DO WE START?

IS THERE A STARTING POINT?

>> WELL, WE CAN START IN THIS ROOM, MAYBE, WHERE THE LIBERACE ROOM, MAYBE, WHERE THE... LIBERACE COLLECTION IS.

I-- HUELL> Huell: THE LIBERACE COLLECTION?

>> LIBERACE.

HE PASSED AWAY SOME >> HE PASSED AWAY SOME YEARS YEARS AGO, AND THERE WAS A LARGE AND THERE WAS A LARGE AUCTION AUCTION DOWN AT THE CONVENTION DOWN AT THE CONVENTION CENTER CENTER IN LOS ANGELES.

AND SOME AND SOME OF US WENT WITH THE OF US WENT THERE WITH THE SOLE SOLE PURPOSE OF BUYING SOME OF PURPOSE OF BUYING SOME OF HIS HIS GLASS, MAYBE ONE PIECE IF GLASS--MAYBE ONE PIECE, IF WE WE COULD HAVE IT FOR THE COULD HAVE IT FOR THE MUSEUM.MU.

Huell: JUST FOR NOSTALGIA.> JUS?

>> EXACTLY.

>> EXACTLY.

Huell: NOW, HOW DID YOU DECIDE HUELL>> HO WHAT TO BUY?

WHAT T >> WELL, DIXIE HUCKABEE AND >> DIXIE AND MYSELF SEPARATED MYSELF SEPARATED WHEN WE WENT WHEN WE WENT ON FRIDAY TO VIEW ON FRIDAY TO VIEW THE ITEMS.

THE ITEMS.

AND IT WAS STRANGE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD CHOSEN THE SAME ITEMS-- Huell: AH.

>> TO BID ON.

AND WE THOUGHT, WY WELL, IF WE WOULD BE FORTUNATE, TO BUY ONE.

WE'D BUY ONE.

AND AS IT TURNED AND WE BOUGHT THREE ITEMS.

OUT, WE BOUGHT 3 ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO BY.ARE BEAUTS.

Huell: BOY, THESE ARE BEAUTS.

DID LIBERACE COLLE DID LIBERACE COLLECT GLASS?

>> OH, YES, >> OH, YES.

HE HAD BEAUTIFUL GLASS.

GLASS.

THIS WAS FROM HIS THIS WAS FROM HIS L.A. HOME.

LOS ANGELES HOME.

AND THE AUCTION WAS SET UP IN THE AUCTION WAS SET UP IN DIFFERENT HOMES, THE ITEMS FOR DIFFERENT HOMES THAT HE HAD-- Huell: WOW.

>> THE ITEMS FOR SALE.

OH, YES.

HE LIKED NICE GLASS.

HE LIKED NICE GLASS.

HUELL>> I DO Huell: NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE START; AND I'M REA TO START, AND I'M REALLY NERVOUS WITH LOUIS AND THE BIG CAMER WITH LOUIE IN HERE WITH THAT BIG CAMERA.

I'M AFRAID HE'S GONNA HIT SOMETHING.G.

>> OH, LOUIE'S GONNA BE FINE-- I DON'T KNOW I Huell: I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE GOT ENOUGH INSURANCE TO COVER BREAKING ALL THIS GLASS OR NOT.

>> NOW, I'D LIKE YOU TO SEE WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE MANY ITEME WE HAVE THAT ARE VERY SPECIAL.

IT'S THIS OLD SP AND IT'S THIS OLD SPOON HOLDER.

HU Huell: OH, CAN I--I'LL HOLD THAT FOR YOU.

IT OUT?

>> WHICH-- Huell: CAN I BRING IT OUT?OURS >> YES.

OF COURSE YOU CAN.

HUELL>> OH.

Huell: OH.

>> NOW >> NOW, THESE-- Huell: THERE'S AN ELEPHANT ON THE TOP.POON HOLDER.

>> YOU CAN SEE--YES.

IT WAS CALLED A DUMBO SPOON HOLDER.

IT'S VERY IMPRACTICAL BE IT'S VERY IMPRACTICAL, BECAUSE THE SPOONS ARE SET I THE SPOONS ARE SET IN GLASS.

AND AND THEY ONLY MA THEY ONLY MADE IT A VERY SHORT SHORT TIME BECAUSE IT WAS NOT TIME BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A PRACTICAL ITEM.

A PRACTICAL ITEM.

HU Huell: AND YOU WOULD PUT THIS ON THE TABLE--BLE AND WHEN YOU WAND >> EXACTLY.

Huell: AND THEN WHEN YOU WANTED A SPOON, YOU JUST-- >> YES.

Huell: OH, IT COMES RIGHT OFF.BR >> AND THAT'S--BUT THEY WERE VERY OFTEN BROKEN.

THIS ONE HAS THIS ONE HAS SOME DAMAGE.

SOME DAMAGE.

IT WAS THE ONLY ONE IT'S THE ONLY ONE I'VE EVER I'VE EVER SEEN.

AND I BOUGHT ITE FOR THE MUSEUM.

Huell: FROM WHAT ERA WOULDA?

THIS BE?

>> THIS IS FROM--IT WAS MADE BYN GLASS COMPAN THE CANTON GLASS COMPANY IN-- Huell: WHOA.

WATCH IT.

>> 1884.

HUELL>> WE'R Huell: WE'RE LOSING OUR SPOONS.

SP >> YES.

WELL, THESE SPOONS-- Huell: I'M GONNA PUT THIS BACK.

>> WERE FROM MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER'S HOME.

GRANDMOTHER'S HOME.

AND SHE WAS SHE WAS MARRIED IN 1854.

MARRIED IN 1854.

HUELL>> Huell: NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WHERE TO GO.

>> NOW, THIS--YOU KNOW WHERE TO Huell: OH, YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO.

>> THIS CABINET HERE IS FILLEDLD WITH FENTO WITH FENTON GLASS.

Huell: FENTON GLASS.ATING >> FENTON GLASS.

THEY'RE CELEBRATING THEIR 90th BUSINESS YEAR THIS YEAR.

THEY'RE IN; THES BUSINESS 90 YEARS.

Huell: NOW, WOULD GLASS PEOPLELE KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN WHENMEAN?

YOU SAY FENTON?

>> OH, YES.

FENTON IS VERY POPULAR-- HUELL>> WHAT MAKES IT-- THE Huell: WHAT MAKES FENTON GLASS-- LOOK OF IT, THE DE THE LOOK OF IT?

THE DESIGN OF IT?

OR...L, OF COURSE, THEY HAV >> WELL, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE MADE VER MADE VERY FINE GLASS NOW FOR 90 YEARS.

90 YEARS.

THEY MAKE MANY...

THEY MAKE MANY COLLECTOR ITEMS.

COLLECTOR ITEMS.

FOR INSTANCE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS PIECE WAS THIS PIECE HERE WAS ONLY MADE ONLY MADE A VERY SHORT TIME.

A VERY SHORT TIME.

Huell: OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> IT'S VERY ELEGANT WITH THE BLACK TRIM.

AND-- HUELL>> WHAT WOU THAT FORHAT WOULD YOU USE THAT FOR?

>> THIS IS JUST A BASKET FOR EITHER TO PUT ON A TABLE-- Huell: CANDY.USE IT FOR CANDY >> OR IN A CABINET--LOOK NICE.

YOU COULD USE IT FOR CANDY OR MINTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HUELL>> WHAT IS THIS Huell: WHAT IS THIS?

>> THAT IS >> AND THAT IS WHAT THEY CALL EPERGN AN EPERGNE.

Huell: I'M GONNA LET YOU HOLD THIS THAT--AN EPERGNE.

>> AN EPERGNE.

THIS IS FOR FRUIT AND FLOWERS.

IT'S A VASE WITH-- IT'S A VASE FOR THE FRUIT IN AND THE FRUIT WENT IN THE BOWL.

Huell: SO, YOU'D PUT THE FRUIT DOWN HERE AND THE FLOWERS--?

>> YES.

ORDINARILY--THIS IS A ORDINARILY-- THIS IS A SMALL SMALL SET.

BUT ORDINARILY, THEYE WERE MUCH LARGER THAN THIS AND WOULD HOLD A GREAT DEAL MORE.

Huell: THAT IS SO ELEGANT.

>> YES.

ISN'T IT NICE?

Huell: NOW, WHEN WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN MADE?

>> WELL, THIS WAS MADE DURING WG THE 1960s.

SO, IT'S NOT REALLYTY AN OLD, OLD PIECE.

AN OLD, OLD PIECE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, HERE ARE MANY OTHER OF COURSE, HERE ARE MANY OTHER NICE PIECES.

NICE PIECES.

HUELL>> SO THI Huell: SO, THIS WHOLE CABINET HERE-- >> IS >> IS FENTON GLASS.

Huell: IS FENTON GLASS.

HUELL>> LOOK A >> YES.

AND-- Huell: OH, LOOK AT THE COLOR THERE-- >> YES.

Huell: LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL COLORS.

>> YES.

THIS IS THIS THE PINK.

.

THIS IS WH AND THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A FAN VASE.

A FAN VASE.

YOU CAN SEE WHY-- YOU CAN SEE WHY; IT'S IN THE Huell: OH, YEAH.SHAPE OF A FAN.

>> 'CAUSE IT'S IN THE SHAPE OF A FAN.

AND IT'S IN THE VELVA--V. PINK VELVA GLASS.

IT'S A VERY Huell: OH.

>> AND IT'S A VERY ELEGANT PIECE.

HUELL>> NO Huell: NOW, WHERE DO YOU GET ALL OF THIS GLASS?

>> WELL, YOU BUY IT IN SHOPS AND AND MALLS AND SO FORTH.

MALLS AND SO FORTH.

PEOPLE HAVE PEOPLE HAVE COLLECTED IT.

COLLECTED IT.

HUELL>> DO Huell: BUT I MEAN, DO PEOPLE DONATE GLASS TO THE MUSEUM?

>> OH, THIS HAS ALL BEENATED, DONATED.

YES.

YES.

IF YOU SEE IF YOU SEE THE CARDS, IT THE LITTLE CARDS WITH EACH ONE, USUALLY WILL GIVE YOU IT USUALLY WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THE PIECE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT AND WHO THE PIECE AND WHO DONATED IT.

HUELL>> LOOK Huell: AND IS THIS--LOOK, IT'S GOT YOUR NAME ON IT-- "DONATED BY STELLA STUBBE."

>> YES.

JUST RECENTLY,ENTLY I I PURCHASED THIS AT AN AUCTION.

AND IT'S ALL LEADED GLASS, VERY ELEGANT-- Huell: OH.

>> AND IT FIT IN THE MUSEUM.

TIFFANY LAMPS.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE TIFFANY LAMPS THAT WERE MADE.

IS BEAUTI.

Huell: THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> >> ISN'T THAT A NICE PIECE?

YES.

Huell: AND LET'S MOVE IN OTHE THE OTHER ROOM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED--THERE ARE ROOM.

2 OTHER CABINETS IN THIS ROOM.

>> YES, EACH ROOM.

AND THESE ARE ALL CUSTOM-BUILT CABINETS CABINE THAT WERE MADE TO FIT THIS HOUSE.

1903 HOUSE.

Huell: WELL, LET'S START OVER HERE.

I'M >> ALL RIGHT.

Huell: I'M GETTING FRUSTRATED ALREADY, THERE'S SO MUCH ALREADY.

THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEE.

>> YES, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL TO SEE.

AND ALL THAT VERY...

THIS IS VERY, VERY ENJOYABLE.

Huell: LOOK AT THIS.

NOW, WHAT'S IN THIS CABINET?

HUELL>> WHAT IS IN THIS CABINET?

>> NOW, THIS CABINET HAS ALL >> THIS HAS LOVELY HAND-PAINTED VERY LOVELY HAND-PAINTED PITCHERS WITH REED HANDLES PICTURES, AS YOU'LL SEE, WITH REED HANDLES AND VERY ELEGANT.

THIS IS A GLASS TEAP AND THIS IS AN UNUSUAL FRY GLASS TEAPOT.

HUELL>> IT'S Huell: CAN I PICK THAT UP?

>> OH, YOU SURE CAN.

YES.

Huell: OH, IT'S 2 PIECES.>> IT >> UH-HUH.

YES.

IT HAS ITS OWN TRIVET.

AND THEN THE--IT'S VERYY OPALESCE LOVELY OPALESCENT GLASS.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF BUSINESS FRY GLASS HAS BEEN OUT OF MANY YEARS BUSINESS MANY YEARS.

HUELL> Huell: FRY GLASS.

>> FRY GLASS.

THAT WAS THE NAMEF OF THE COMPANY.

YES.

Huell: AND LOOK AT THIS ONE.

>> YES >> YES.

ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?

Huell: OH, BOY., BOY.

>> ALL HAND-PAINTED.

HUELL>> HAND Huell: HAND-PAINTED.

>> MM-HMM.

YES.

AND, UH, AND OF COURSE THESE BEAUTIFUL AND, OF COURSE, THESE BEAUTIFUL BASKETS WITH-- A BASKET LIKE BASKETS WITH THE--A BASKET THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A THORN LIKE THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL HANDLE A THORN HANDLE.

AND YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN SEE WHY BECAUSE IT HAS WHY--BECAUSE IT HAS ALL THESEAL.

LITTLE SPIKES IN IT.

AND THEN AND THEN IT HAS...

IT HAS-- Huell: OH, IT IS.

IT'S LIKE THORNS ON THERE.

>> T >> RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHERE IT GETS ITS NAME--THORN HANDLE.

Huell: AND LOOK AT THIS--LOOK AT THE ANGLE IT CAUSES AT THE TOP.

>> YES.

MM-HMM.

Huell: IT COMES TO A RIGHT ANGLE.

>> VERY NICE.

YES.

Huell: AND LOOK AT THE DESIGN DOWN HERE.

>> Y >> YES.

LOVELY.

MM-HMM.

HUELL>> IT'S VER Huell: IT'S VERY, UM, WHAT'S THE WO THE WORD I WANT TO USE?

IT'S ALL IT'S ALL VERY FRILLY...

VERY, UH, FRILLY KIND OF STUFF.

KIND OF STUFF?

>> YES.

MUCH OF IT IS, WHICH WAH WAS ALL DONE BY HAND.

ALL DONE BY HAND.

Huell: UH-HUH.

>> YES.

AND--AND THIS IS WHAT WE AND THIS IS WHAT WE CALL BU CALL BURMESE GLASS.

Huell: WHAT IS IT?

>> BURMESE.

Huell: BURMESE.

HUELL> >> B--YEAH.

BURMESE.

Huell: OH, BURMESE.

>> YES.

RIGHT.

Huell: LOOK AT THIS ONE, LOUIE.S >> YES.

ISN'T THAT A GORGEOUS PIECE?

Huell: IT'S GOT--IT DOESN'T'T R?

REFLECT.

IT'S GOT THIS-- >> YES; IT'S A S >> YEAH.

IT'S A SATIN FINISH.

IT'S F AND I GOTTA-- Huell: BE CAREFUL.

DOESN'T COSTENED RIGHT ON THAT SO IT DOESN'T COME OFF IN CASE EARTHQ OF AN EARTHQUAKE.

Huell: OH, BOY.

BUT WAITS THE A MINUTE.

THAT'S THE QUESTION.

>> HEH!

YEAH.

Huell: WHAT ABOUT EARTHQUAKES?

>> WELL, WE JUST PRAY A LOT WHE.

WE HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE.

BU Huell: HEH!T TH >> BUT THIS IS A SATIN GLASS.

IT'S DON AND IT'S DONE WITH AN ACID.

SO THAT'S WHY IT HAS THAT NICE THAT--THAT'S WHY IT HAS THAT NICE SATIN FINISH.

SATIN FINISH Huell: MM-HMM..

IT'S ACID CUT.

>> IT'S ACID CUT.

AND THIS THIS LOVELY PIECE UP HERE IS.

LOVELY PIECE UP HERE IS, UH-- Huell: OH, THE ONE WITH THE 3-- THREE?

>> YES.

THIS IS A STEUBEN.

YES.

>> YES; THIS IS A STUBEN, AND THAT'S A VERY RARE PIECE OF GLASS.

Huell: OH.THIS IS MADE BAC >> THAT'S STEUBEN GLASS, WHICH WAS MADE BACK IN NEW YORK STATE.

AND IT'S VERY NICE.

Huell: WHAT IS THAT?

A VASE?SE?

>> IT WOULD BE A VASE, YES--E. A 3-TIERED VASE.

Huell: OR A "VAZ."

>> I GUESS WE HAVE TO CALLALLY .

THAT ONE A "VAZ," BECAUSE IT REALLY IS.

Huell: HA HA HA!

>> YES.

HUELL>> OH, LOOK OVE Huell: OH, LOOK OVER HERE.

NOW, MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A LOT THIS IS THE-- >> THIS IS THE-- Huell: MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A LOT OF THIS.

>> THAT'S A CUT GLASS FROM THE BRILLIANT PERIOD,S WHICH WAS, UH, ABOUT 18... 1890, I GUESS-- HUELL>> THE BRILLIAN Huell: THE BRILLIANT PERIOD.

>> TO ABOUT 1918.

YES.

Huell: OH, LET'S OPEN THIS UP.. >> AND THIS IS ALL-- TH Huell: SEE, THIS TAKES ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD, 'CAUSE-- >> YES, OF COURSE.MOTHER HAD ALS Huell: I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER STUFF?

HAD ALL OF THIS STUFF.

>> THE >> AND THE REASON IT WAS CALLED BRILLI BRILLIANT GLASS IS BECAUSE EACH EACH CUT WAS POLISHED.

CUT WAS POLISHED.

THEY DON'T DO THEY DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE THAT ANYMORE, BECAUSE THAT TAKEL A GREAT DEAL OF TIME, AND PEOPLT TO DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE TIME DOING IT.

AND IT WOULD MAKEASS THE GLASS TODAY SO COSTLY.

Huell: OH, LOOK AT THIS.IFUL >> BUT THEY'RE JUST ALL PIECES BEAUTIFUL PIECES.

Huell: NOW, IS THIS VALUABLE?

>> VER >> OH, VERY.

YES.

SEE, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THINK LOOK AT THAT, JUST THINK OF ALL OF ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT.

AND IT WAS DONE FREEHAND.EE HANE ARTISTS THAT D THE ARTISTS THAT DID IT--AND THIS IS VERY THICK GLASS BECAUSE BECAUSE THEY CUT IN IT.

THEY CUT IN IT.

AND IF THEY IF THEY WEREN'T EFFICIENT, WEREN'T EFFICIENT, THEY'D CUT THEY WOULD CUT RIGHT THROUGH RIGHT THROUGH IT, AND THEN YOU.

WOULD HAVE A HOLE IN THE GLASS.

SO THEY JUST TURN IT A SO--BUT THEY JUST TURN IT AND IT AS THEY DO IT.

CUT IT AS THEY WOULD, BECAUSE-- HUELL> Huell: BRILLIANT GLASS.

>> YES, BRILLIANT PERIOD GLASS.. HUEL Huell: I SHOULD TAKE A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF MY.

GRANDMOTHER'S GLASS.

>> YOU SHOULD.

Huell: I'VE GOT A LOT OF IT IN MY HOUSE.AUSE I >> YES.

Huell: BUT IT'S ALL STORED AWAYF BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY... >> THAT'S TOO BAD.

Huell: I DON'T USE THIS STUFF.

>> IF YOU WISH TO DONATE ANY OFD BE HAPPY.

MUSEUM, WE WOULD BE HAPPY AND-- HU Huell: SO, I COULD-- IN OTHER WORDS, I COULD DONATEA?

THIS GLASS.

>> OF COURSE.

SURE.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A TAX WRITE-OFF, AND WE'LL PUT YOUR NAME ON IT-- "DONATED BY HUELL HOWSER."

HUELL>> GO Huell: OH, GOOD.

>> ABSOLUTELY.THER WOULD HAV Huell: WELL, MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD HAVE LIKED THAT--TO HAVE SOME OF HER STUFF HERE.

>> I'M SURE SHE WOULD.ULD.

OF COURSE.

Huell: OH, NOW WE'VE MOVED INTO A WHOLE NOTHER CATEGORY.

>> YES.

THESE ARE PAPERWEIGHTS,, WHICH ARE VERY COLLECTIBLE ANDVD CAN BE V CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE.

YES-- YES, YES.

Huell: OH, LET'S OPEN THIS UP.

>> YES, I THINK IT OPENS UP.

NOW, WE HAVE ANOTHER CUPBOARD IN THE PARLOR WHICH IS FILLED WITH WITH BEAUTIFUL PAPERWEIGHTS BEAUTIFUL PAPERWEIGHTS ALSO.

ALSO.

HU Huell: SO, YOU REALLY HAVE ALL KINDS OF GLASS KINDS OF GLASS HERE.

>> YES, WE DO.

>> YES, WE DO.

Huell: HOLD IT UP.

I'M GONNAOOK.

TAKE A LOOK AT--I'M AFRAID TO I'M AFRAID TO TOUCH THIS.

TOUCH THIS.

>> OH, YOU MAY.

YOU MAY., UNLESU Huell: BUT LOOK AT THIS.

DROP IT.VERY HEAVY, BUT-- UNLESS YOU DROP IT.

ISN'T THAT ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?

BEAUTIFUL?

AND IT'S VERY IT'S VERY WELL DONE.

WELL-DONE, AND THIS IS ALL THIS IS ALL ARTWORK.

ARTWORK.

IT TAKES A LOT OF IT TAKES A LOT OF TRAINING FOR TRAINING FOR SOMEBODY TO BE ABLS TO DO THIS WORK.

Huell: OH, BOY--PAPERWEIGHTS.L>.

>> MM-HMM.

YES.GHTS.

Huell: WELL, LET'S PUT THIS DOWN.

I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE I HEAR LOT OF PEOPLE LAUGHING LAUGHING BACK HERE IN THE BACK.

WHAT'S GOING ON BACK HERE IN THE-- >> IN THE KITCHEN.

IN THE Huell: WHAT'S GOING ON BACK HERK IN THE BACK ROOM BACK HERE?

>> I >> I'M TRYING TO, UM, GO TOWARD DOOR; I THINK I HEAR SOMEB AT THE FRONT DOOR.I HEAR SOMEONE AT THE FRONT DOOR.

Huell: HO HO HO!

>> [CHUCKLES] THANK YOU.

IS THIS WHERE EVERYBODY'S Huell: IS THIS WHERE EVERYBODY SITTING AROUND IS JUST KIND OF SITTING AROUND AND TALKING?

THAT'S TRUE; THAT'T >> THAT'S TRUE.

THAT'S WHATWE'RT WE'RE DOING--JUST TALKING GOSSIPING.

AND GOSSIPING.

Huell: NOW, YOUR TITLE HERE IS... >> I'M DIXIE HUCKABEE, THE >> I'M DIXIE HUCKABEE.

FOUNDER.

I'M THE FOUNDER.

HUELL>> TH Huell: THE FOUNDER.

WAIT A MINUTE.

STAND UP HERE A MINUTE.

ST I'M THE GUILTY PERSON, I GUESS.

Huell: NOW, HOW DID YOU COMEU CT ABOUT DECIDING THAT YOU NEEDEDCD A MUSEUM LIK A MUSEUM LIKE THIS?

>> WELL, I'VE ALWAYS LIKED GLASS.

AND I HAD A LOT OF GLASSY OWN HOME IN MY OWN HOME.

AND EVERYBODY AND EVER THOUGHT, "OH, WE SHOULD HAVE A MUSEUM."

SO, I GOT A NUMBER OF SO I PEOPLE TOGETHER.

AND WE WORKED TOGETHER AND WE WORKED REAL, REAL REAL, REAL HARD, BUT WE FINALLY OPENED THIS PLACE.

HAVE OPEN THIS PLACE, AND WE'LL IT WILL BE 10 YE BE OPEN 10 YEARS SEPTEMBER 17, SEPTEMBER 17.

IS IT?

Huell: WOW.O YOU HAVE >> YEAH, THE 17th.

WORKED Huell: SO, YOU'VE WORKED HARD ON THIS.

>> ALL OF US HAV >> ALL OF US HAVE.

NOT ONLY ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBE MYSELF--ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS MEMBERS HAVE WORKED VE AND OUR MEMBERS HAVE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD.

Huell: WHAT DID YOU START WITH?T YOUR OWN PRIVATE GLASS THAT YOUS HAD, AND YOU ALL JUST KIND OF POOLED IT AND STARTED PUTTING IT IN CASES?

>> THAT'S WHAT MOS >> THAT'S WHAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE DID.

THEY DONATED PART OF THEIR OWN GLASS.

Huell: MM-HMM.

>> YEAH.

IS THIS YOU'RE IN Huell: WHAT IS THIS YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF?

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL HERE.AUTIFUL HERE?

>> NOW, THESE ARE ALL SMALL >> THESE ARE ALL SMALL IN THIS CASE.

CASE.

AND THIS IS, UM... HUELL>> WHAT IS THAT MADE OF?

>> JADEITE.

IS THAT MADE OF?

>> THIS IS CALLED JADITE, THE GREEN--JADEITE?

Huell: JADITE.

>> JADITE, MM-HMM.

AND THAT'S AND THAT'S THE GREEN.

THE GREEN.

HUELL>> SO Huell: SO, IT LOOKS LIKE JADE, BUT IT'S GLASS?

BUT IT'S GLASS.

>> IT'S >> IT'S GLASS.

IT'S GLASS.

UH-HUH.

SOME PIECES ARE OLD, AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT QUITE AS OLD.

HU Huell: BOY, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

NOW, WHA NOW, WHAT ARE YOUR DUTIES AS PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORICAL GLASS MUSEUM?

GLASS MUSEUM?

>> >> [CHUCKLES] WELL, WE'RE JUST A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES HERE, YOU EVERYBODY PITCHE KNOW.

EVERYBODY PITCHES IN AND WHAT'S DOES WHAT'S NECESSARY TO BE DONE.

BUT WE HAVE A REGULARRK DAY, THE THIRD WEDNE WORKDAY THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH.

EACH MONTH.

WE-- HUELL> Huell: WHAT DO YOU DO?

COME IN AND DUST THE GLASS?

HA HA HA!

>> DUST AND CLEAN THE GLASS ANDO THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

DO THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

AND WE HAVE A BOAR AND THEN WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING THE SAME DAY.

AT THE SAME DAY, YOU KNOW.

HUELL>> HOW IS THIS Huell: NOW, HOW IS THIS PLACE RUN?

IS THIS PRIVATELY OWNED, >> OR--.

>> NO.

IT'S A FOUNDATION.

BUT WE BUT WE HAVE-- IT'S ALL HAVE A--IT ALL IS SUPPORTED BY SUPPORTED BY DONATIONS AND DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP AND OU.

GIFT SHOP.

HUELL>> SO THERE'S N Huell: I SEE.

SO, THERE'S NOO OT OTHER BIG MONEY COMING IN.

>> NO.

NO.

NO, NO.

>> NO, BUT WE WISH THAT HUELL>> YO.

Huell: YOU WISH THERE WAS, BUT THERE'S-->> BECAUSE OUR MAIE >> BECAUSE OUR MAIN PROBLEM IS GETTING PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT GETTING PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE HERE.

EVERYBODY THAT COMEN IN USUALLY COMES BACK, AND THEYE ARE SO PLEASED AT WHAT THEY SEE--BUT TO GET THEM HERE TO FI BEGIN WITH THE FIRST TIME.

Huell: WELL, LET'S--WAITEL A MINUTE.

TELL ME ABOUT THIS.

ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS ALL KITCHEN STUFF.KITCH?

>> YES.

SEE, THIS IS WITHN.

THE KITCHEN.

HUELL>> LET ME S Huell: OH, LET ME STAND OVER HERE, AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK IN IT THIS WAY.

>> OK. NOW, THIS IS ALL JADITE.

A MEMBER W WE HAD A MEMBER WHO DONATED 700 PIECES OF JADITE TO OF JADEITE TO THE MUSEUM.

THE MUSEUM.

HUELL>> THIS I Huell: OH, THIS IS MORE JADITE.

>> YES.

Huell: BUT THIS IS ALL HUELL>> THIS IS KITCHEN JADITE.

>> YES.

YES.

SEE, THIS IS MORE THIS IS MORE PRIMITIVE T THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONATED.HAVE IN HERE THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONATED.

Huell: LOOK AT THIS LITTLE THING.

>> YEAH.

SEE.

AND YOU CAN HARDLS AN FIND THIS ANYMORE.

THERE ARE THERE ARE A FE A FEW PIECES-- Huell: OH, LOOK.ELL>> LOOK.

>> YEAH.

SEE?

EVERYTHING IS YEAH, THEY'RE ALL MEASURING JUST SO-- Huell: YEAH.

THEY'RE ALL LITTLE.

MEASURING CUPS THAT JUST COME RIGHT OUT.

>> MM-HMM.

AND THEN IN ANOTHEREE ROOM, WE HAVE LAMPS AND OTHERHE.

THINGS.

BUT THIS IS ALLS KITCHE.

KITCHENWARE HERE.

>> ALL FROM ONE MEMBER.HUELL>> R Huell: THIS ALL CAME FROM ONE PERSON DONATING IT?

PERSON DONATING IT.

AND-- >> SHE SENDS US BO >> AND SHE SENDS US BOXES PERIODIC PERIODICALLY, YOU KNOW, AS SHE UP.

PACKS 'EM UP.

HU Huell: DOES THIS OPEN UP?

>> YES.

UH-HUH.

Huell: 'CAUSE I SAW SOMETHING DOWN HERE I WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

LOOK AT THESE.

THESE LOOK AT THESE.

THESE ARE OLD MIXING BOWLS.

ARE OLD MIXING BOWLS.

>> YES.

UH-HUH.

Huell: HA!

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THE SHAPE.

LOOK AT THE SHAPE.

>> YES.

AREN'T THEY PRETTY?

UH-HUH.

YES... HUELL>> BOY.

Huell: BOY.

>> >> THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, YEAH.

HUELL>> Huell: NOW, THESE ARE THE KIND KIND OF THINGS YOU WOULD HAV SEEN IN THE KITCHEN, BACK WHEN IN THE KITCHEN BACK WHEN?

HOW LONG AGO?

HOW LONG AGO?

>> 1920, I GUESS.S.

Huell: THE 1920s?

>> UH-HUH.

YEAH.OPLE Huell: SO, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULS FOR GRANTED AND NEVER KNOWN GRANTED AND NEVER KNOWN THAT THAT SOME DAY IT WOULD BE IN SOMEDAY IT WOULD BE IN A MUSEUM.

A MUSEUM?

>> YEAH.

MOST OF US WOULD BE-- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TIRED OF SEEINS THAT STUFF WHEN YOU'RE KIDS.D O.

AND YOU'D GET RID OF IT, THEN, WOULDN'T YOU?

YEAH.

[CHUCKLES] BUT NOW, AS YOU GET OLDER, THEN LATE BUT THEN WE REALIZE HOW IT'S TOO LATE.

BUT THEN WE IMPORTANT IT I REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

HUELL>> I GUES Huell: WELL, I GUESS ANYBODY WATCHING WHO H WHO'S WATCHING, WHO HAS ANY OF OR ANY INTERESTING GLA THIS SORT OF THING OR ANY KIND OF INTERESTING GLASS, YOU'RE UP, FOR DONATIONS, AREN'T YOU?EN'T ?

>> OH, YES.

YES.

WE WOULD LOVE,.

TO HAVE--BECAUSE THE MORE WE HAVE--'CAUSE MORE PEOPLE CAN SEE PEOPLE CAN APPRECIATE IT, YOU KNOW.

MEAN, APPRECIATE IT, YOU KNOW.

Huell: YEAH.IN YOUR HOME, >> AND, I MEAN, YOUR HOME--WHY, ONE WH YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY APPRECIATES IT.

SO, I THINK IT'O A GOOD PLACE TO LEAVE GLASS.

HUELL>> THIS IS DI Huell: THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM ANY GLASS W FROM ANY GLASS WE'VE SEEN IN THE OTHER CABINETS.

>> THIS IS ALL >> WELL, THIS IS ALL CARNIVAL GLASS.

THIS WAS MADE BY THIS WAS MADE AT THE TIME BY THE COMPANIES FOR THE GENERALL PUBLIC.

BUT AT THE TIME, BUT AT THE TIME, THE PUB THE GENERAL PUBLIC DIDN'T LIKE DIDN'T LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S A CHEAPER, A CHEAPER TYPE OF GL GAUDIER TYPE GLASS.

HUELL>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN, CARNIVAL--WHAT DO YOU MEAN,VAL"?

CARNIVAL?

>> CARNIVAL GLASS?

OK, THEN OKAY, TH THE COMPANY SOLD IT CHEAPLY TO IT CHEAPLY TO THE CARNIVALS THE CARNIVALS AND THEATERS, AND AND THEATERS, AND THEY GAVE IT THEY GAVE IT AWAY AS PRIZES.S P. Huell: OH.

I SEE.

BUT NOW THEY'RE >> BUT NOW, THEY'RE ALL COLLECTOR'S ITEMS.

AND THIS THIS TUMBLER WITH THE TI TUMBLER WITH THE TIGER LILY LILY PATTERN IS RARE.

PATTERN ON IT IS RARE.

Huell: WOW.

>> AND-- HUELL>> SO YOU REALL Huell: SO, YOU REALLY DO HAVE-- >> OH, YES.STELLA, COME HERE.

Huell: STELLA, COME HERE A MINUTE.

YOU REALLY DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN HERE.

>> OH, WE WANT A LITTLE BIT EVERYTHING.

OF EVERYTHING.

>> THAT'S A HATPIN HOLDER WITHER WITH HAT PINS.

THE HATPINS.

HUELL>> Huell: HA!

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

>> WHAT THE WOMEN USED TO WEAR YEARS AGO.

Huell: BOY, THAT KIND OF DATES HUEL THIS PIECE OF GLASS.

>> YES, IT DOES.

Huell: HATPINS--WHEN WAS; WHEN T THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A HATPIN?

TIME YOU SAW A HAT PIN?

>> WELL, YOU GOT ME.

BOY, THIS IS SOMETHING?

Huell: BOY.

THIS IS SOMETHING.

>> AND THEN THE MUSEUM HAS RARE THESE FOUR PIECES--CES ARE ALL-- HUELL>> BE C Huell: BE CAREFUL.

OH, GOSH.

>> CARNIVAL CUSTARD GLASS.

THIS STELLA IS ONE THAT STELLA DONATED.

THAT'S HEISE THAT'S HEISEY.

HUELL>> WAIT A M Huell: WAIT A MINUTE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HEISEY.

WHAT DOES >> THAT'S THE >> WELL, THE COMPANY THAT MADE MA IT--THAT WAS THEIR NAME-- Huell: HI-C?

>> H-E-I-S-E-Y.

AND THEY THIS PIECE IS NOT-- YES, IT IS.

INVARIABLY--NOW, THIS PIECE IS NOT--YES, IT IS.

SEE THAT SEE THAT DIAMOND IN THE BOTTOM DIAMOND IN THE BOTTOM WITHTH AN?

AN "H" IN IT?

HUEL Huell: BOY, YOU HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE IT.EE IT.

>> THEY DIDN'T MARK--YES.

IT ISI A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE.

YES, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE IT.

YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THE LIGHT RIGHT.

Huell: MM-HMM.

>> BUT THEY DIDN'T MARK EVERYTHING.

BUT FOR SURE, IF IT" HAS AN "H" IN A DIAMOND, YOUOU .

KNOW IT WAS MADE BY HEISEY.

HUELL>> SO Huell: SO, JUST THE FACT THAT IT WAS MADE BY THIS COMPANY-- >> YES.ER IN EXISTENCE MA IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE MAKES THIS VALUABLE VALUABLE AND INTERESTING?

AND INTERESTING.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

AND THEY'VE BEEV OUT OF BUSINESS SINCE THE 18-- SINCE THE 1950 OR, 1950s.

YES.

Huell: PUTTING IT BACK.AND THE D >> AND THE PIECE THERE IS RELATED TO KING TUT.

THE PIECET.

THE PIECE NEXT TO IT.

NEXT TO IT, THAT PIECE IN THE CENTER, THAT'S-- Huell: KING TUT?

>> YES.

IT WAS DONE DURINGHE 20'S THE TWENTIES DURING--WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THE, UH... WHAT DO I WANT TO SAY?

WHAT DO I WANT TO SAY?

THE-- WHEN KING TUT WAS DISCOVERED WHEN KING TUT WAS DISCOVERED IN EGYPT.

IN EGYPT.

AND THIS IS WHAT AND THIS IS WHAT INFLUENCED A PIECE LIKE THIS, THE ARTWORK, BECAUS THE ARTWORK ON THIS PIECE.

IT'S ALL CUT.

YES.

HUELL>> WA Huell: WAS GLASS MORE POPULAR YEARS AGO THAN IT YEARS AGO THAN IT IS NOW?

>> OH, I DON'T--I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I THINK IT'S BEEN POPULAR ALWAYS BECAU ALWAYS, BECAUSE THEY MADE A LOT OF IT IN ENGLAND OF IT IN ENGLAND.

AND A LOT OF AND A LOT OF THE GLASS PEOPLE THE GLASS PEOPLE THAT WERE IN IN EUROPE CAME TO AMERICA AND EUROPE CAME TO AMERICA AND, INTRODUCED IT HERE.

OF COURSE, INTRODUCED IT HERE.

HUELL>> YOU TOLD ME THIS I Huell: NOW, YOU TOLD ME THIS IS ALL AMERICAN GLASS ALL AMERICAN GLASS.

>> TRUE.

ABSOLUTELY.

YES.

Huell: ARE AMERICANS KNOWN NOW GOOD GLASS-M AS GOOD GLASSMAKERS, OR IS IT STILL A EUROPEAN?

STILL A EUROPEAN OR SOME OTHER-- >> NO, NO.

OH, NO.

MANY, MANY MANY GOOD GLASS COMPAN GOOD GLASS COMPANIES SPRUNG UP SPRUNG UP IN AMERICA.

IN AMERICA.

AND THIS GLASS AND THIS GLASS AND A GREAT DEAL.

A GREAT DEAL--SOME OF THEM AREB.

OUT OF BUSINESS.

BUT, LIKE,LASSE THE FENTON GLASS PEOPLE, I TOLD HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS 90 YEA YOU, HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS 90 YEARS.

AND THEY'RE STILL'RE S COMPANY.EALTHY GLASS COMPANY, AND THEIR GLASS IS VERY FINE.

HUELL>> NO Huell: WELL, NOW, WE HAVEN'T GONE BACK INTO HERE.

WHAT'S BACK WHAT'S BACK HERE?

IN THIS BACK--WAIT A MINUTE.

LET'S GET KING TUT BACK.

LET'S GET KING TUT-- >> LET'S PUT KING TUT BACK.

Huell: SO FAR, WE'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, ANDSN WE HAVEN'T BROKEN A THING.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

WE DON'T WANT TO BREAK ANYTHING.

Huell: BOY, WE SURE DON'T.YTHIN.

HUELL>> WE SURE DON'T.

>> W >> NOW, WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING STATE GLASS.

STATE GLASS.

Huell: NOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY STATE GLASS?

>> EACH STATE HAS ITS OWN >> EACH STATE HAS ITS OWN PATTERN WHICH DATES BACK, MANY PATTERN GLASS WHICH DATES BACK-- MANY OF IT BACK TO THE 1800s.

AND THIS PARTICULA AND THIS PARTICULAR BUTTER DISH DISH IS A CALIFORNIA BEADED IS A--CALLED CALIFORNIA BEADED GRAPE.

GRAPE.

THIS IS THE CALIFORNIATH.

STATE PATTERN.

Huell: AH.

GOOD.

>> ISN'T THAT NICE?

RIGHT.

AND THIS ONE IS A VERY INTERESTING .

ALSO--THIS IS MASSACHUSETTS.

AND AND THIS IS CALLED A RUM JUG.

THIS IS CALLED A RUM JUG.

AND THE REASON IT WAS MADE IN THIS THE REASON IT WAS MADE IN THIS WAY, WAY, THE--IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR TO HAVE RUM, BUT T THEM TO HAVE RUM, BUT THEY PUT IN HERE AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE IT IN HERE AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS A TEAPOT.

IT WAS A TEAPOT.

Huell: HA HA HA!ABSOLUTELY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THIS IS HOW AND THIS IS HOW THEY THEY TRANSPORTED SOME OF THE RUM THAT WAS ILL THAT WAS ILLEGAL.

Huell: WOW.HUELL>> WOW.

>> YES-- Huell: SO, EACH ONE OF THESE PIECES OF GLASS COMES FROMHESE PIECES OF GLASS COMES FROM A DIFFERENT STATE.

I'VE NEVER I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT HEARD OF THAT BEFORE.BEFORE?

>> AND THIS IS ALASKA PATTERN >> THIS IS THE ALASKA PATTERN HERE--WHICH IS RATHER UNUSUAL.,, VERY L VERY LOVELY.

SEE, IT'S IT'S A FOOTED PI A FOOTED PIECE.

AND-- HUELL> Huell: HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT WAS FROM ALASKA?A?

>> WELL, BECAUSE OUR BOOKS--ASWS SUE TOLD YOU A LITTLE WHILE AGO, WE LEARN THIS FROM OUR BOOKS.

HUELL>> THAT WAS MADE Huell: AND THAT WAS MADE IN ALASKA.

>> NO, NO.

NO, IT'S MADE IN-- IT WAS MADE HERE IN THE STATES.E STATES.

I'M NOT JUST SURE-- I'M NOT SURE.

NORTHWOOD GLASS MADE THIS.

NORTHWARD GLASS, PATTERNED IT'S PATTERN GLASS MADE BY NORTHWOOD.

BUT THEY NAMED IT FOE STATE OF ALASKA.

THE STATE OF ALASKA.

Huell: AH.

THAT'S THE >> THAT'S THE IDEA.

I HUELL>> SO E Huell: SO, EACH--REALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING THERE ARE A LOT OF INTERESTING STORIES.

>> FOR INSTANCE, THIS IS >> THIS IS TEXAS-- TEXAS.

THIS CREAMER AND SUGAR.

HU Huell: IT'S AWFUL SMALL FOR TEXAS.

>> YEAH.

WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT.GHT.

BUT THIS WAS--THIS IS THE TEXAS, PATTERN.

AND THIS IS THE CREAME.

AND SUGAR BOWL.

HUELL>> I DON'T UNDE Huell: NOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T SE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THERE THAT LOOKS LIKE TEXAS.

>> NO, BUT THAT'S--IT DOESN'T--.

Huell: THERE'S NOT A STEER ON THERE-- >> NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

[CHUCKLING] >> EXACTLY.N OIL WELL.

>> EXACTLY.

BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS BUT IT WAS NAMED FOR THEM.

EVERY ONE OF THESE PIECESOF THESE PIECES IN HERE REPRESENTS A STATE.

WE HAVE MOST OFST OF TE THE STATE PATTERNS BUT NOT ALLO.

OF THEM.

AND--HUELL>> I NOTI Huell: NOW, I NOTICE SOMETHING OVER OFF THE SIDE.

I KEEP I KEEP NOTICING NOTICING THINGS OVER PEOPLE'S PEOPLE'S SHOULDERS WHILE SHOULDERS WHILE THEY'RE TALKING TO ME.

THIS IS MORE OF THISIS IN GREEN STUFF.

>> THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL >> THIS IS JADEITE.

JADITE.

Huell: BUT THIS IS... LIKE A CLOCK?

LIKE A CLOCK.

>> YEAH.

WELL, IT IS-- Huell: OH, LOOK.

>> YES.

THAT.

Huell: HOLD THAT.

IT COMES IN IT COMES IN TWO PIECES?

2 PIECES.

>> YES.

AND IT'S ELECTRIC CLOCK IT'S AN ELECTRIC CLOCK WITH IT WITH ITS OWN BASE.

Huell: NOW, THAT IS NEAT.

NEAT?

>> YES.

ISN'T THAT LOVELY?

AND ?

IT'S IN THE SLAG GLASS.

SEE YOU.

SEE YOUR-- IT ISN'T SLAG IN THE--IT ISN'T SOLID SOLID GREEN, IT HAS BROWN GREEN.

IT HAS THE-- Huell: THAT IS A BEAUT.

>> SOME BROWN MARKINGS-- Huell: HOLD THAT FOR JUSTHUELL> A SECOND AND LET ME DO A LITTLE BIT MORE LOOKING.

NOW, THIS IS THIS I ALL COSMETIC STUFF-- PERF >> YEAH-- Huell: LITTLE PERFUMERS AND-- >> EXACTLY, YES.

>> ATOMIZERS.

EXACTLY.

YES.

ALL DIFFERENT TY ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF GLASS-- HUEL Huell: SO, THIS IS FROM BEDROOM?

THE BEDROOM OR THE DRESSING ROOM OR THE DRESSING ROOM OR OR WHATEVER.

>> EXACTLY.

MM-HMM.

>> EXACTLY.

Huell: BOY, I'M--WELL, WE MADE IT THROUGH THAT ONE.

AND YOU GOT A LAMP UP HERE.E?

>> THAT'S TRUE.

WELL, SEE, THEY WELL, SEE, THEY MA MADE ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

OF THINGS.

Huell: HA!

AND IN FACT, THIS, BELIEVE ITS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS FOR A BIRDCAGE--A LITTLE FEEDINGOR F DISH THAT YOU FASTEN ON THE SIDE A BIRD CAGE.

OF A BIRDCAGE.

IF YOU TURN IT IF YOU TURN IT AROUND, YOU'LL AROUND, YOU'LL SEE WHERE--D IN N Huell: OH.

>> THIS SLID IN BETWEEN THEN A D METAL STRIPS ON A BIRDCAGE, AND CAGE AND THE BIRD GOT THE THE BIRD GOT THE FOOD IN HERE.

Huell: MADE OUT OF GLASS.

>> MADE OUT OF GLASS.

YES.

Huell: SO, YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED SURPRISED AT AT ANYTHING YOU WOULD SEE COME WOULD SEE COME IN HERE MADE IN HERE-- >> NO, NOT REALLY.

Huell: MADE OUT OF GLASS.

>> NO, >> NO.

IF IT'S AMERICAN-MADE GLASS.

GLASS, THAT'S WHAT WE, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO LIKE TO DISPLAY.

Huell: OH, HERE'S A JUICER.

NO, THIS--WHAT IS THAT?

>> I THINK THAT'S FOR-- Huell: HAVE I FOUND SOMETHING YOU DON'T-- >> YEAH.

IT IS FOR A MANICURIST.

YOU LAY YOUR YOU LAID YOUR HAND HERE-- Huell: OH.

YOUR FINGERS >> AND YOUR FINGERS IN HERE-- I Huell: I THOUGHT IT WASIT WAS A JUICER.

[LAUGHING]ICER?

>> WELL, IN A WAY, IT HAS SOME >> WELL, IN A WAY IT HAS SIMILARITIES TO A JUICER.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

Huell: NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

HERE'S ANOTHER WORD I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE--STRETCH GLASS.

>> STRETCH GLASS.

YES.

Huell: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?EAN?

>> WELL, UM, YOU CAN SEE HOW CAE GLASS THE GLASS HAS THAT IRIDESCENT STRETCH APPEAR STRETCH APPEARANCE TO IT.

Huell: MM-HMM.SE BOWL.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE ROSE BOWL.

SHE HA SHE HAS A VERY NICE COLLECTION.

ALL OF IT HAS TH BUT ALL OF IT, YOU'LL SEE, HAS THE SAME FINISH, WHICH WHICH IS CALLED STRETCH GLASS, IS CALLED-- Huell: STRETCH.

>> STRETCH GLASS.

YES.

YES.

Huell: BOY, WE HAVE GOTTEN-- IF PEOPLE HAVE IF PEOPLE HAVE STUCK WITH US ON THIS TOUR, PEOPLE H ON THIS TOUR, PEOPLE HAVE REALLY REALLY GOTTEN AN EDUCATION.

GOTTEN AN EDUCATION.

I KNOW I KNOW I HAVE.

I HAVE-- >> YES.LASS.

Huell: IN GLASS.

I'VE NEVER I HAVE NEVER PAID, I GUESS I'M PAID--I GUESS I'M NOT NOT A GLASS PERSON?

A GLASS PERSON.

>> THAT'S THE REASON I WAS INTERE INTERESTED IN YOU DOING THIS, BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY GLASS MUSEUM ON THE WEST COAST, AND MUSEUM ON THE WEST COAST.

AND MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WE'RE MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WE'RE HERE.

HERE.

OR SOME PEOPLE, IF THEY'VE OR SOME PEOPLE, IF THEY HAVE HEARD OF US, THEY PUT OFF COMING COMING TO SEE THE WONDERFUL TO SEE WHAT WONDERFUL GLASS IS GLASS HERE.

HERE.

AND WE ALL HOPE THIS WHETR THEIR APPETITE SO THEY'LL GETL E HERE WITHIN THE NEAR FUTURE.

HUELL>> BOY, I HAVE DO Huell: BOY, I AM--YOU HAVE DONE THAN WHET MY A MORE THAN WHET MY APPETITE.

THIS THIS IS THE ONLY GLASS MUSEUM ON IS THE ONLY GLASS MUSEUM ON THE WEST COAST OF THE U.S., THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES, RIGHT HERE IN REDLANDS.

>> YEAH.

FROM Huell: YOU'RE OPEN, UH-- >> SATURDAY AND SUNDAY-- Huell: SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS-- >> FROM NOON UNTIL 4:00.

ADMISSION?

Huell: OK. SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS FROM NOON TO 4:00, ADMISSION PRICE... >> ADMISSION FREE.

Huell: FREE.FREE?

>> WE HAVE 2 CONTRIBUTION BOXES >> WE HAVE CONTRIBUTION BOXES THAT WE HOPE IF PEOP THAT WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ENJOYED IT THAT ENJOYED SEEING WHAT IS HERE, THAT THEY MIGHT REMEMBER US.

AND OF COURS OF COURSE, WE'RE OPEN FOR MUSEUM MUSEUM MEMBERS.

MEMBERS.

WE LIKE THAT.

AND THEY.

AND THEY WILL GET-- WE HAVE WILL GET--WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER A NEWSLETTER, FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

4 TIMES A YEAR.

SO, IT'S SO IT'S SO WORTHWHILE TO BE WORTHWHILE TO BE A PART OFG LIK.

SOMETHING LIKE THIS-- HUELL>> I AM SURE THAT A Huell: WELL, I'M SURE THAT A LOT OF THE HARD-CORE GLASS PEOPL OF--THAT THE HARD-CORE GLASS PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS ALREADY.

BUT FOR THOSE OF Y BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING LIKE ME WHO DIDN' WATCHING, LIKE ME, WHO DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT GLASS BEFO KNOW MUCH ABOUT GLASS BEFORE, IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT GLASS, GLASS, IT'S WORTH A VISIT HERE IT'S WORTH A VISIT HERE FOR FOR AN AFTERNOON TO VISIT THE AN AFTERNOON TO VISIT HISTORICAL GLASS M THE HISTORICAL GLASS MUSEUM JUST TO SEE ALL OF THIS WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF THIS WONDERFUL GLASS THAT IS HERE ON DISPLAY.

GLASS THAT IS HERE ON DISPLAY.

AND YOU ARE ALL TO BE AND YOU ARE ALL TO BE CONGRATULATED FOR WHAT YOU CONGRATULATED FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

HAVE DONE.

>> THANK YOU.YOU ARE TRULY DO Huell: YOU ARE TRULY DOING SOMETHING WONDERFUL FOR OUR STATE.

WE THINK SO, YES.

>> WE THINK SO.

YES.

HUELL>> Huell: AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING PERSISTENT AND SENDING BEING PERSISTENT AND SENDING ME ME THAT THIRD LETTER.

THAT THIRD LETTER.

>> THANK YOU >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YOU AL WE'VE CERTAINLY--AND YOU ALWAYS DO SUCH A MARVELOUS PROGRAM.

I KNOW T I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE JUST BEST.

THE BEST.

Huell: WELL, THIS HAS BEENN OURY OUR DAY HERE IN REDLANDS AT IN E HI THE HISTORICAL GLASS MUSEUM.

@ AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR AN UPDATE.

TIME HAS PASSED!

WE ARE BACK IN REDLANDS.

WE ARE BACK AT THE HISTORICAL GLASS MUSEUM.

BOY, THE OLD PLACE HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER.

NOW, FIRST OFF, I MISS STELLA STUBBE.

>> YES.

Huell: WHO KNEW STELLA STUBBE?

>> I DID.

WE DID, MY HUSBAND AND I. Huell: SHE WAS WONDERFUL!

>> SHE WAS WONDERFUL.

Huell: SHE HAD TO BE ONE OF THE FOUNDING-- >> YES, SHE WAS.

A GOOD FRIEND OF THE FOUNDER IS WHAT SHE WAS.

Huell: WELL, YOU KNOW, SHE BUGGED THE HECK OUT OF ME TO GET ME TO COME HERE 10 YEARS AGO.

>> SHE WAS LIKE THAT.

[ALL CHUCKLE] Huell: WELL-- >> YEP.

Huell: SHE'S OBVIOUSLY PASSED AWAY.

>> YES, SHE HAS.

Huell: BUT HER DREAM IS STILL ALIVE.

>> ALIVE AND WELL.

Huell: VERY WELL.

>> YES, VERY WELL.

Huell: THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO FIND OUT ABOUT.

NOW-- >> HER DAUGHTER CAME BY AND SAID THAT SHE WAS--STELLA WOULD HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY AND SO PLEASED IF SHE COULD SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE TO THE MUSEUM.

Huell: YEAH.

WELL, I THINK HER SPIRIT IS PROBABLY STILL IN THERE.

>> OH, IT SURE IS.

Huell: ALL RIGHT.

NOW, LISTEN, FIRST THINGS FIRST.

HAS IT CHANGED COLORS?

>> YES.

YES, IT HAS.

Huell: WHAT WAS IT BEFORE?

>> IT WAS KIND OF A BEIGY-GRAY COLOR WITH JUST TEAL--JUST 2 COLORS ON-- Huell: BEIGY-GRAY?

>> UH-HUH.

Huell: AND WHAT IS IT NOW?

>> WELL, IT'S A GREEN.

IT'S SEVERAL SHADES OF GREEN WITH WHITE TRIM AND A LITTLE TOUCH OF YELLOW ON THE DETAIL, 'CAUSE-- Huell: AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?

>> UM, MY HUSBAND AND I. Huell: HA HA HA!

YOU PAINTED THE OUTSIDE, AND YOU PAINTED THE INSIDE.

>> YEAH.

WELL, THEY PAINTED THE INSIDE.

>> WE PAINTED THE INSIDE.

Huell: CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

Huell: IT'S NO EASY TASK TO PAINT... >> IT WASN'T.

Huell: SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

>> I KNOW-- Huell: ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THAT GLASS IN THERE.

>> YES, VERY HARD TO DO.

Huell: ALL RIGHT.

NOW, YOU'RE THE HEAD--AREN'T YOU THE HEAD PRESIDENT, HEAD GUY?

>> I'M PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION, YES.

I'M PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION.

Huell: WELL, TELL US WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE GLASS MUSEUM SINCE WE WERE HERE THOSE MANY YEARS AGO.

>> WELL, WE'VE ADDED 17 DISPLAY CASES TO THE MUSEUM.

WE HAVE SO MUCH GLASS THAT WE'VE EVEN PUT GLASS DISPLAY CASES IN FRONT OF THE WINDOWS.

Huell: WELL, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

WHEN I WAS HERE BEFORE, THE PLACE WAS PACKED-- >> RIGHT.

Huell: WITH GLASS.

HOW COULD YOU GET ANY MORE GLASS-- [ALL CHUCKLING] Huell: IN THERE?

>> WE'VE ADDED AT LEAST 3,000 PIECES SINCE YOU WERE HERE LAST.

Huell: WHAT KIND OF THINGS HAVE YOU ADDED?

>> BRILLIANT CUT GLASS, DEPRESSION GLASS.

Huell: NOW, I SAW A WHOLE BIG ROOM FULL OF THAT CUT GLASS LIKE MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO HAVE.

>> YES.

WE GOT A VERY LARGE DONATION--BEAUTIFUL PIECES.

AND SO, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ABOUT 150 IN.

AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE NEW CABINETS, SO THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

Huell: SO, YOU'VE REALLY SPRUCED THE PLACE UP.

AND EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PIECES IN THERE, YOU MANAGED TO PULL IT OFF.

IT LOOKS GOOD.

>> ALL DONATED GLASSWARE.

LIKE, MR. BEACH DONATED 500 PIECES OF THAT BRILLIANT CUT GLASS IN THERE.

MRS. COGEN DONATED 300-SOMETHING PERFUME BOTTLES.

Huell: WOW.

>> MRS. THOMASON DONATED 312 CRUETS.

Huell: WOW.

>> IT GOES ON AND ON LIKE THAT.

Huell: WELL, NOW, LISTEN.

I HATE TO TELL Y'ALL, BUT SOMEDAY, YOU'RE GONNA REACH YOUR LIMIT IN THERE.

[ALL CHUCKLING] Huell: YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IT COMING OUT OF THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS.

>> YEAH, WE MIGHT.

>> AND THE CABINETS DEFINITELY MADE ROOM FOR MORE OF THE GLASS TO BE DISPLAYED.

Huell: REALLY?

>> AND FRANK HERE, HE MEASURED EVERYTHING SO CAREFULLY, AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT IN SINCE.

Huell: YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE THING REALLY, THOUGH, IS A LABOR OF LOVE, ISN'T IT?

>> YES, IT IS.

>> YES, IT IS.

Huell: BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING YOU'RE NOT MAKING A LOT OF MONEY ON YOUR MUSEUM.

>> WELL, TO BE--THAT WOULD BE TRUTHFUL, YES.

HEH.

Huell: YEAH.

YOU'RE BREAKING EVEN OR-- >> RIGHT.

>> PAYING OUR WAY.

Huell: PAYING YOUR WAY.

>> MM-HMM.

Huell: BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS THING IS STILL HERE, DON'T YOU?

>> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AND PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER-- AUSTRALIA, ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD.

THEY COME TO THIS.

BUT THEY SEE IT ON THE WEB PAGE.

AND WHEN THEY'RE DOWN HERE IN REDLANDS, THEY COME TO IT.

>> MM-HMM.

>> AND THEN THEY'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT--WE'RE THE ONLY MUSEUM LIKE THIS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

Huell: WHAT IS IT ABOUT GLASS?

YOU'RE HERE ALL THE TIME WELCOMING THESE PEOPLE.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT GLASS THAT SO CAPTIVATES PEOPLE?

>> WELL, THIS GLASS IS REALLY PART OF OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE.

AND WHEN YOU COME TO THE MUSEUM, YOU SEE YOUR HISTORY.

THERE'S MEMORIES, PERHAPS FROM YOUR MOTHER, YOUR GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER.

Huell: YEAH.

>> AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE STYLES OF YESTERYEAR HAVE PROGRESSED THROUGH TIME.

Huell: THE PLASTIC CUPS WE'RE DRINKING OUT OF TODAY DON'T QUITE CUT IT-- All, laughing: NO.

Huell: THIS ISN'T LIKE A PLASTIC CUP MUSEUM.

>> NO.

Huell: THIS IS A GLASS MUSEUM.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

Huell: WELL, I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE STILL HERE.

I AM SO GLAD THAT STELLA STUBBE GOT ME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THERE'S NOT A TIME I DON'T DRIVE BY REDLANDS, COMING BACK BETWEEN PALM SPRINGS AND L.A. EVERY WEEKEND, THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT HER AND THINK ABOUT THIS MUSEUM.

AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE EXPANDING--OR, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE EXPANDING.

YOU'RE JUST FILLING UP THE SAME SPACE WITH MORE STUFF.

[LAUGHTER] >> WE'RE MORE EFFICIENT ABOUT IT.

Huell: ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE SCREEN HOW PEOPLE CAN GET HERE AND WHEN IT'S OPEN.

IT'S OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS.

AND, OF COURSE, ANYBODY OUT THERE-- I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I SHOULD SAY THIS OR NOT, BUT ANYBODY WHO'S GOT GLASS THEY WANT TO DONATE... >> THAT'S RIGHT.

Huell: YOU STILL TAKING DONATIONS?

>> AND ESPECIALLY FROM CELEBRITIES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL CELEBRITY SHOWING-- SHOWCASE OF CELEBRITIES' GLASSWARE.

Huell: OOH.

WHAT CELEBRITIES ARE DONATING?

>> LIBERACE, HAROLD LLOYD, FOR INSTANCE.

Huell: UH-HUH.

YOU GOT SOME OF THEIR GLASS.

>> UH-HUH.

RIGHT.

THEY'VE DONATED IT TO THE MUSEUM--OR THEIR...ANCESTORS HAVE.

Huell: BUT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO RAIN ON YOUR PARADE.

BUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, EVERYBODY'S GLASS IS CELEBRITY GLASS.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

Huell: 'CAUSE IT'S ALL CONNECTED WITH OUR FAMILY AND WITH OUR MEMORIES AND-- >> THAT'S RIGHT.

Huell: KIND OF WHO WE WERE AND WHAT WE WERE ALL ABOUT IN THE PAST.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> YOU GOT IT.

Huell: WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

NOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST STOP ON OUR MUSEUM TOUR.

WE STILL GOT ANOTHER MUSEUM TO GO TO, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT THE SAME WAY WE DID THIS.

FIRST, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK IN TIME-- OH, I DON'T KNOW, 8 YEARS AGO, 10 YEARS AGO--WHEN WE VISITED THIS LITTLE MUSEUM THE FIRST TIME.

THIS ONE'S IN DOWNTOWN L.A.

SO, WE'RE LEAVING REDLANDS, GOING TO DOWNTOWN L.A. TO OUR OTHER MUSEUM.

AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON THAT MUSEUM AS WELL.

AND IF THEIR SUCCESS STORY IS HALF AS GOOD AS YOURS IS, WE'RE GONNA HIT A HOME RUN ON THIS SHOW.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU GOT IT.

Huell: THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

Huell: HERE WE GO.

WE'RE LEAVING REDLANDS.

BOY, YOU GOTTA COME SEE THIS.

IT'S--BUT DON'T BREAK ANYTHING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

Huell: IF YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> [CHUCKLING] AND REPLACE IT, YES.

Huell: HA HA!

HERE WE GO.

WE'RE LEAVING THE GLASS MUSEUM IN REDLANDS AND HEADING INTO L.A.

WAVE GOOD-BYE TO EVERYBODY.

>> BYE-BYE.

>> BYE!

>> BYE.

Huell: WE'RE ON BONNIE BRAE BETWEEN THIRD AND SIXTH.

AND YOU YOU SEE ALL THESE WONDERFUL, SEE ALL THESE WONDERFUL NEW NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS BEING APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE BUILT HERE.

BEING BUILT ON THIS STREET.

BUT BUT LOOK OVER HERE.

LOOK OVER HERE.

RIGHT IN RIGHT IN THE M THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS IS THIS WONDERFUL OLD VICTORIAN THIS WONDERFUL OLD WOODEN VICTORIAN HOUSE.

IT'S BEEN HERE FOR 100 YEARS.

AND IT'S IT'S A SUR A SURPRISE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST NOT JUST A HOUSE; IT IS A A HOUSE, IT IS A MUSEUM.

MUSEUM.

IT'S CALLED THE GRIER-MUSSER IT'S THE "GRIER-MUSSER MUSEUM."

MUSEUM.

AND HERE ARE THE GRIERS HERE ARE THE GRIERS AND THE AND THE MUSSERS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE FAMILY THATTHIS RUNS THIS MUSEUM.

HELLO.

HELLO.

>> HELLO.

>> HELLO >> HI.

Huell: I'M HUELL HOWSER.

>> I'M SUSAN TEJADA.EJEDA.

Huell: AND?

>> ANNA KRIEGE >> ANNA KRIEGER.

Huell: AND?N.

>> NANCY BARRETT.

Huell: NANCY.

AND?

>> JOHN KRIEGER.

>> JOHN KRIEGER.

>> O Huell: OK. NOW, SO FAR I HAVEN'T NOW SO FAR, I HADN'T HEARD THE HEARD THE WORD "MUSSER" OR "GRIER" YET, BUT IT IS--THESE ARE YOUR RELATIVES.

>> YES.

>> YES.

Huell: THAT IT'S NAMED FOR.

>> NOW, TELL US A Huell: NOW, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ABOUT THIS MUSEUM AND HOW IT CAME INTO BEING.

CAME INTO BEING.

>> WELL, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, MYY MOTHER RETIRED FROM MOTHER RETIRED FROM MEDICINE.

SHE PRACTICED IN MEDICINE, A FAMILY PRACTICE, OUT HERE FOR ABOUT 45 YEARS.

SHE'S FROMSHE'SD PENNSYLVANIA.

SO SHE DECIDED TO DECIDED TO RETIRE.

RETIRE.

SO WE SAID, WHY RETIRE?

BUT INSTEAD OF RETIRING, WE LET'S FIND A HOUSE, OLD HOUSE, AND SHOW OFF OUR ANTIQUES.

AND OUR ANTIQUES.

WE SAW THIS HOUSE LISTED IN WE SAW THIS HOUSE LISTED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

WE CAME BY AND WE THE NEWSPAPER, CAME BY AND FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU SEE IT IN THE HOUSE IS ORIGINAL-- THE THE DOORS, THE HARDWARE.

HAD BEEN USED A ROOMING HOUSE ANDMIT WASN'T REALLY ABUSED TOO BADLY.

Huell: SO 10 YEARS AGO YOU RETIRED.

RETIRED.

YOU WERE A DOCTOR FORYS 45 YEARS.

>> MD, YES.

Huell: AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO JUST HANG IT ALL UP.

YOU WANTED TO--RE TIRED OF THE >> WE'RE TIRED OF THE PAPERWORK.

[LAUGHS] Huell: SO YOU ALL FOUND THISO YN HOUSE IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTIOE PA OF THE PAPER.

AND THEY HAVE MOVED IN ALL OF THEIR STUFF.

AND I SAY "STUFF" BECAUSE?

I SAY STUFF BECAUSE--YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, DON'T YOU?OLLECTIBD >> YES.

ALL OUR COLLECTIBLES AND SORT OF, SAY, JUNK, I CALL IT.L.

Huell: WELL, NO, NO, NO.

DON'T SAY JUNK.

THIS IS A MUSEUM.

>> YES, YES.

>> YES, YES.

Huell: OK, LET'S GO INSIDE THE GRIER-MUSSER MUSEUM HERE ON BONNIE BRAE.

ON BONNIE BRAE.

IT'S A WONDERFUL IT'S A WONDERFUL OLD VICTORIAN OLD VICTORIAN HOUSE THAT'SRY GOD ACTUALLY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.

ISN'T IT?

>> YES >> YES, IT IS.

>> PRESERVATION STATE.

>> PRESERVATION STATE.

>> THIS IS ABSOLUTELY Huell: NOW, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

BEAUTIFUL.

IS THIS WHAT A VICTORIAN HOUSE LOOKED LIKE?

E LOOKED LIKE?

>> YES, AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, YES.HE Huell: UH-HUH.

LET'S GET CE THE LIGHTS ON.

YEAH.

NOW LET'S EXPLAIN WHAT IS INAT'S IN HERE.

HERE.

AND I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO DO.

A HARD TASK TO DO, ISN'T IT?

>> YES, IT IS, A LITTLE.

WELL, >> THIS IS THE THIS IS THE FRONT PARLOR.

THIS IS WHERE THE LADY OF THE HOUSE PROBABLY WOULD HAV PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ENTERTAINED HER PROMINENT GUESTS, THE MOST MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPL INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF THE DAY.

DAY -- THIS IS OUR SO WE HAVE OUR--THIS IS OUR MOST VICTORIAN ROOM.

VICTORIAN ROOM IN THE HOUSE.

AND WE PUT OUR 5-PIECE PARLOR SET IR SET IN HERE AND AN ORGAN.

HERE.

WE HAVE AN ORGAN.

AND WE SHOW SOME OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S PAINTING GRANDMOTHER'S PAINTINGS.

THEY WERE DONE AROUND 1908 OR 9,DONE.

ABOUT THAT.

SO THEY'RE ABOUT--> >> NOW, WHERE DID ALL OF THIS "STUFF STUFF COME FROM OVER HERE?

>> OH, THROUGH FAMILY AND >> FROM THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOR--ALL FROM AND ALL FROM LOS ANGELES.

EITHER FAMILY, FRIENDS, OR LOS ANGELES.

NOTHING FROM OTHER NOTHING FROM OTHER STATES.

STATES.

JUST LIKE THE RUG CAME THE RUGS CAME FROM OUR FROM OUR GREAT GRANDFATHER.

THINGS WE JUST COLLECT.

Huell: BOY, YOU ALL ARE COLLECTORS, AREN'T YOU?

THIS IS--WHO COLLECTS WHAT?

>> WELL, I LIKE THE DOLLS AND THE PICTURES, AND MY MOTHER MY MOTHER LIKES TRINKETS AND LIKES THE LITTLE TRINKETS, AND MY SISTE MY SISTER LIKES THE PHOTOGRAPHS.

AND-- Huell: AND YOU LIKE?

>> I LIKE POSTCARDS.

>> POSTCARDS.

Huell: POSTCARDS.

SO WE'VE GOT >> WE HAVE EVERYTHING HERE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN HERE.

LET'S GO BACK IN THE BACK.

ROOM.

I'M AFRAID OF BUMPINGAKING INTO SOMETHING AND BREAKING IT.

AND I KEEP LOOKING AT LOUIE.

I'P AFRAID HE'S GONNA BUMP INTO THAT INTO THAT GLASS LAMP.

GLASS LAMP OVER THERE.

I'M SCARED.

I'M NERVOUS.

THERE'S A LOT OF GLASS IN HERE.

LOOK AT LOOK AT THIS.

THIS.

WHERE DID YOU KEEP ALL OF WHERE DID YOU KEEP THIS BEFORE THIS BEFORE YOU HAD THIS HOUSE TO PUT IT ALL IN?

>> MY MOTHER'S HOME.

>> MY MOTHER'S HOME.

[HUELL LAUGHS] >> SHE HAS A LARGE HOUSE, AND WE PUT A LOT OF IT AT HER HOUSE INN BOXES AND UP IN THE ATTIC.

Huell: GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

EVERY >> EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY.

NOOK AND CRANNY.

LOOK OVER HERE.

LOOK OVER HERE.

YOU'VE GOT A COLLECTION OFN OF STAT STATUE OF LIBERTIES.

>> YES, YES.

EACH MONTH WE PUTUN ON A DIFFERENT DISPLAY.

IT KIND OF GOES ACCORDING TO THE MONTH.

THIS MONTH THIS MONTH WAS FOURTH OF JULY, SO WE PUT OUT OUR STATUE OF SO WE BROUGHT OUT OUR STATUE OF LIBERTIES AN LIBERTY AND OUR UNCLE SAMS.

AND WE JUST HAVE FUN CHANGINGGIE WITH THE SEASONS THERE.

Huell: THIS IS AMAZING.

LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF.

AND THIS THIS IS THE?

IS THE--THIS IS THE-- >> OUR DINING ROOM.INING ROOM.

>> DINING ROOM BACK HERE.

Huell: THE DINING ROOM BACK HERE.

ONCE AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY-- ONCE AGAIN ... WELL, LOOK OVER HERE.

BEAUTIFUL.

BEAUTIFUL STUFF.

STUFF.

NOW, I CAN'T TELL, YOU TELL ME, A YOU TELL ME, ARE THESE ANTIQUES?

ANTIQUES?

>> YES, THEY ARE.

YES.

THEY'RE FROM THE EARLY 1800s.

I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT SURE EXACTLY WHAT PERIOD.

Huell: WHO KNOWS ABOUT THESE?

>> THOSE ARE LIMOGES CHINA.

>> THEY'RE LIMOGNE CHINA.

THESE ARE "OBJECT ART," WHICH OBJECT ARTS.

THESE ARE SORT OF ALL PURPOSE JUST FOR DECORATIONS TO GO ALONG WITH THE CLOCK.

AND.

THEY'RE FRENCH.

AND THEY'RE THEY'RE FRENCH.

THEY'RE BRASS ORMOLU WITH GILDING ON [INDISTINCT] ON THEM.

Huell: NOW, WHAT ABOUT THESE PAINTINGS?

ARE THESE--PAINTINGS?

>> OH, THAT'S AN ORIGINAL-- >> THOSE ARE O OR I HAVE TO CALL IT, AN ORIGINAL COPY OF MONET'S OF MONET'S "THE ANGELES."

"THE ANGELIST."

THEY WOULD STOP IT STOPPED AT 12:00 AT THE BELL AT 12:00 NOON AT THE BELL AND SAY A PRAYER.

THERE'S A CHURCH THERE'S A CH WAY IN THE BACKGROUND THERE.

YOU BACKGROUND.

CAN HEAR-- >> SO YOU KNOW EVERY Huell: SO YOU KNOW EVERYTHING IN HERE?

HERE?

>> I'M KIND OF THE HISTORIAN.AN.

Huell: REALLY?

>> YEAH, THEY--ALL--YEAH, I >> I ENJOY ENJOY COLLECTING.

IT'S MY LIFE BLOOD.>> WHAT DO YOU LIK Huell: NOW, WHAT IS IT YOU LIKE?

TO COLLECT?

>> [CLEARS THROAT] WHAT DON'T I--WASTE NOT WANT NOY MOTTO.

IS MY MOTTO.

[HUELL LAUGHS] Huell: LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

A WHOLE CABINET.A.

NOW WHAT'S IN HERE?

>> WELL, THERE'S DEPRESSION >> THERE'S DEPRESSION GLASS.

GLASS.

AND THERE'S COOKIES--MY COOKIE JAR COLLECTION.

SISTER HAS A COOKIE JAR COLLECTION.

AND MY MOTHER HAS MY MOTHER HAS A COW CREAMER A COW CREAMER COLLECTION.ON.

THEY VARY VERY GREATLY IN AGE.

AND WE EVEN--THIS POURING THIS IS A POURING PITCHER AND PITCHER IN HERE THAT LOOKS JUST IT'S A MUSIC BOX.

LIKE A REGULAR DEPRESSION GLASS--IT'S A MUSIC BOX.

Huell: LET'S GET THAT OUT.

THAT'S A MUSIC BOX.

THAT'S A MUSIC BOX.

>> I'LL SHOW YOU.

SUSIE COLLECTS THEM.

Huell: OH, BOY.

JUST LIFT IT OUT LIKE THIS?

>> OH, YOU HAVE IT LOCKED?

Huell: HERE IT IS.

THIS IS THIS IS A MUSIC BOX?

A MUSIC BOX?

[WINDING] >> (MUSIC PLAYING) [MUSIC PLAYS] [HUELL LAUGHS] Huell: IT'S A MUSIC BOX.

>> THIS IS FROM >> THAT'S FROM THE EARLY TWENTIES.

Huell: FROM THE EARLY TWENTIES.

>> YEAH.

MM-HMM.

IT'S REALLY PRE-DEPRESSION DEPRESSION.

Huell: SO A PERSON WHO REALLYS KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CAN COME IN HERE, AND THIS MUST BE A TREASURE TROVE IN HERE.A T. >> WELL, WE TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING TO INTEREST EVERYBODY.

INTEREST EVERYBODY.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF INTERESTS IN THE FAMILY.UR FAMILY.

Huell: NOW, WHO'S THE EXPERT ONE KI THE KITCHEN?

WHO KNOWS THE MOST ABOUT--YOU AGAIN?

>> YEAH, I GUESS.

THIS IS THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY L AN UNUSUALLY LARGE KITCHEN FORF.

A PRE-1900 HOUSE.

IT HAS ROOM IT HAS ROOM TO SIT, COOK AND ENOUGH TO SIT AND THE COOK AND CLEAN.

THE CLEAN.

IN 1920, THIS HOUSE IN 1920, THIS HOUSE BECAME A MATERNITY HOSPITAL, AND THIS ISD THIS WAS THE REMODELED SINK FOR THAT TIME.

FOR 7 YEARS THIS FOR 7 YEARS, IT WAS A WAS A MATERNITY HOSPITAL.

MATERNITY HOSPITAL.

Huell: AND WHERE DID ALL THESEHE DISHES COME FROM?

>> OH, ALL AROUND LOS ANGELES.

.

GREEN WAS A VERY POPULAR FOR GREEN WAS A POPULAR COLOR FOR THE LAST 70 YEARS.

THE LAST 70 YEARS.

AND-- Huell: AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOT-- >> OH, THEY'RE LOCKED.LOCKED.

Huell: OH, THEY'RE LOCKED?

THAT'S TO KEEP PEOPLE--NOW NOW, THAT'S ANOTHER QUES THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION.

WHEN WHEN PEOPLE COME THROUGH HERE, DO DO THEY GET STICKY FINGERS THEY GET STICKY FINGERS?

>> NO, I HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY, NO.

WAS IT WAS MOST BECAUSE OF THE EARTHQUAKE, LAST EARTHQUAKE.

THIS LAST EARTHQUAKE.

Huell: OH, BOY.

>> THINGS THAT I-- >> Huell: I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN THIS HOUSE WHEN THIS HOUSE WHEN THINGS STARTEDTN FALLIN' OFF THE SHELVES.

FALLING OFF THE SHELVES DURING THE EARTHQUAKE.

HOW MUCH DID YOU LOSE DURING THE LAST EARTHQUAKE?

LAST EARTHQUAKE?

>> NOT REALLY TERRIBLY TOO MUCH.

NOT IN THIS ROOM AT ALL, HARDLY ANYTHING.

THINGS GOT DISPLACED.

THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CABINETS LOCKED DID COME OU.

AND WE LOST THAT WAY.

Huell: YEAH, OK.

SO IT'S A GOOD THING YOU'RE LOCKING THE CABINETS.

I WANT TO LOOK IN >> I WANT TO LOOK IN A DRAWER.

A DRAWER.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT?IS ?

>> OK. Huell: THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A GOOD ONE TO LOOK IN.

LOOK AT LOOK AT THIS STUFF THAT'S IN THIS STUFF THAT IS IN HERE.

ALL HERE.

ALL ORIGINALS.

ORIGINAL.

>> I TOLD YOU THEY LIKED GREEN.

GREEN WAS REALLY POPULAR.

THOSE ARE FROM THE 20s, 30s, 40s, AND 40'S AND 50'S.

50s.

Huell: WOW.

AN OLD EGG BEATER.

AND LOOK AT THIS.

UP IN THE TOPP HERE.

HERE YOU'VE GOT ALL THE ORIGINAL ALL THE ORIGINAL, OVALTINE TO FROM OVALTINE TO DUNDEE EGGS.

DUNDEE EGGS?

>> THIS IS THE ONLY ORIGINAL ORIGINAL PIECE OF FURNITURE LEFT IN THE HOUSE.

IT'S A PIE THIS KEEPS T SAFE.

THEY WOULD KEEP THINGS COOL, LIKE EGGS WOULD BE KEPT COOL AND PIE.

>> WHERE DID YOU GET ALL O Huell: WHERE DID YOU GET ALL OF THIS STUFF?

>> ALL FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS.

WE LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN WE CAN REMEMBER EACH ONE, IN REMEMBER WHO WE GOT IT FROM.

IN AND AROUND LOS ANGELES.

AND AROUND LOS ANGELES.

Huell: YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THIS LIGHT UP HERE.

>> OH, WE GOT THIS LAMP FROM >> WE GOT THIS LAMP FROM A A LADY WHO'S STILL ALIVE.S ALMO.

SHE'S ALMOST 90.

HER AND HER SHE BOUGHT THIS IN THE 1915 FATHER BOUGHT THIS LAMP IN THE 1915 EXPOSITION IN SANPOSIT.

DIEGO.

>> NOW Huell: NOW, HERE IN THE ENTRANCE HALL, YOU HAVE THESE WONDERFUL OLD-- >> POCKET DOORS.S.

Huell: POCKET DOORS THAT GOO THF RIGHT INTO THE SIDE OF THE-- >> INTO THE WALLS.

Huell: INTO THE WALL.

AND HERE'S THE--LET'S GO ON UP.

LET'S GO ON UP.

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL, ORIGINAL ORIG WOODEN STAIRCASE.

AND WE'RE WE'RE GOIN' UPSTAIRS.

GOING UPSTAIRS.

GOSH, WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT STUFF HERE I ALL THE STUFF THAT'S IN THE ENTRANCE HALL DOWN HERE.

LOOK AT THIS, LOUIE.

THE MANTEL.

THE MANTEL, CLOCK AND AND THE CLOCK AND ALL WONDER THE WONDERFUL STUFF THERE.

YOU GOT MANNEQUINS ALL OVER MANNEQUINS DRESSED IN THE PLACE.

DRESSED IN PERIOD PERIOD CLOTHING.

CLOTHING.

AND HERE WE GO HERE WE GO, UPSTAIRS.

UPSTAIRS.

NOW, WHAT'S IN HERE?

>> IN HERE WE SHOW MY GRANDMOTHER'S DIPLOMA, WHO WE NAMED THE MUSEUM FOR--ANNA GRIER-MUSSER.

AND WE HAVE WE HAVE A PICTURE OF HER AND A PICTURE OF HER AND MY MOTHERMS AND HER 3 BROTHERS ALL AT THEIR AT GRADUATION TIME.

GRADUATION TIME HERE.

Huell: SO WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS IO KIND OF LIKE A WAY TO PRESERVE THE FAMILY HISTORY AS PRESERVE THE FAMILY HISTORY AS WELL?

WELL, ISN'T IT?

>> THAT' >> THAT'S TRUE.

YES, YES.

WHEN THEY CAME OUT TO CALIFORNIA AND CALIFORNIA.

JUST SHOW GRANDMA'S DIPLOMA AND AND SHOW GRANDMA'S DIPLOMA THINGS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED.

AND THINGS WE'VE COLLECTED.

Huell: WELL, NOW, ARE PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE HOUSE INTERESTED INN R GRANDMOTHE YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S DIPLOMA?

>> YES, BECAUSE THEY'RE AMAZED THEY'R THAT ONE, SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND, TWO, IT'S QUITE A BIG DIPLOMA FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.

Huell: I SEE, I SEE.

I SEE.

>> YOU GOT YOU GOT THE OLD TYPEWRITER.

AN OLD TELEPHONE HERE.

OLD TELE, MAGNIFYING GLASS.

FAMILY ALBUM FAMILY ALBUM.

DOWN HERE.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

WONDERFUL.

AND ANOTHER CASE FULL ANOTHER CASE FULL OF STUFF.

OF STUFF.

AND BACK HERE BACK HERE, A CLOSET.

A CLOSET.

>> WE SHOW MEN'S CLOTHES, SOME SHOW MEN'S CLOTHES, SOME FROM FROM THE DEPRESSION, SOME FROM THE DEPRESSION ERA, SOME FROM THE TURN OF THE CE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, AN OLD OLD PHON PHONOGRAPH HERE, HIGH-TOP SHOES, A PAIR O PAIR OF STETSON SHOES, A HAT FROM ROBINSON'S OVER THERE.

Huell: WOW.

>> HERE IS A RED HERE'S A RED CROSS UNIFORM HERE.

UNIFORM.

>> YES, IT WAS A GREAT AUNT'S RED CROSS UNIFORM.

SHE DID SHE DID VOLUNTEER WORK.

VOLUNTEER WORK.

AND WE PUT IT UP WE PUT IT UP WITH THIS PICTURE WITH THIS PICTURE THAT'S IN IN THE CLOSET OF T THE CLOSET.

IT DEPICTED THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD THATA ABOUT OCCURRED IN PENNSYLVANIA ABOUTS.

100 YEARS AGO.

AND THAT CAME THAT CAME FROM MY GRANDMOTHE FROM MY GRANDMOTHER.

Huell: SO THIS THING HAS REALLY BEEN RESEARCHED OUT A LOT MORE D THAN JUST WOULD MEET THE EYE.

T. THIS ISN'T JUST A COLL THIS ISN'T JUST A COLLECTION OF BRIC-A-BRAC AROUND HERE.

>> NO, IT ISN'T.

>> NO, IT ISN'T.

WE KIND OF INCORPORATED OUR FAMILY, ALONGM, ALONG WITH LOS ANGELES, ALONG WITH LOS ANGELES, ALONG WITH WITH THE TIME THE TIME PERIOD.

AND WE CHANGE WITH THE SEASONS AND DIFFERENT >> WELL, THE HOUSE JUST THINGS.

Huell: WOW.

WELL, THE HOUSE JUST ON AND ON.

GOES ON AND ON.

HERE IS THE BLUE HERE IS THE BLUE ROOM, IN HERE ROOM IN HERE.

THAT'S FULL OF THAT'S FULL OF STUFF.

STUFF.

CLOTHES IN HERE YOU WANT US TO SEE?

WHAT'S IN HERE?

>> OH.

OH, WE HAVE THE LADIESS' CLOTHES IN HERE, MOSTL CLOTHES IN HERE.

AND THESE ARE MOSTLY FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVED IND AND AROUND LOS ANGELES.

WE HAVE FEATURED A BLUE VELVET--SILK VELVET JERSEY CAPE.

JERSEY CAPE.

Huell: LOOK AT THESE HATS UP HERE.

>> AND THEN ALSO FEATURED--THISR IS THE MASTER BEDROOM, AND IT'S BLUE.

AND WE HAVE THE HIS AND WE HAVE HIS AND HER PEE POTS.

HER PEE POT.

Huell: OH, GOOD.

THAT'S RIGHT DOWN HERE.E MAN WHO HAD THIS HOE >> THE MAN WHO ORIGINALLY HAD THIS HOUSE BUILT HAD A WIFE AND A DAUGHTER WHO HOGGED UP, SO THE BATHROOM.

AND SO NECESSITY SOMETIMES NECESSITY WOULD CA CALLED, SO HE HAD TO USE THOSE AND HE HAD TO USE THOSE ONCE IN A WHILE.LE.

[HUELL CHUCKLES] Huell: AND THIS AGAIN IS FULL OF--LOOK AT THIS.

THIS JUST GOE.

ON AND ON.

MORE ROOMS, MORE ROOMS.

>> THAT'S A BUILT-IN CHEST.

Huell: MORE ROOMS, MORE ROOMS.

ANOTHER HUGE BEDROOM IN HERE FULL OF STUFF.

ANOTHER CLOSET FULL OF STUFF.

ANOTHER CLOSET FULL OF STUFF.

FULL OF STUFF.

IT JUST GOES ON AND ON.

IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

>> THE PINK ROOM, OUR GUEST ROOM.E PINK ROOM, THE Huell: THIS IS THE PINK ROOM,OM.

THE GUEST ROOM.

HERE IS HERE IS THE YELLOW THE YELLOW ROOM OVER HERE.

WELL, THIS IS THE THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S ROOM.

>> YES.

Huell: OH, MY GOODNESS.

>> DOLLS, DOLLS, DOLLS.

Huell: LOOK AT THIS.

DOLLS AND TOYS.

>> CHINA DOLLS.

FOREVER.

Huell: FOREVER.

>> YEAH.

MISS PIGGY AND LITTLE .

THE LITTLE RASCALS, TO SOME OF OL THE OLDER DOLLS THAT--CHINA HEAD DOLLS.. Huell: THESE ARE CHINA?>> YES.

>> YES.

Huell: OH, GOSH.

AND LOOK IN >> LOOK IN THE CLOSET HERE, THE CLOSET HERE.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY PACKED FULL OF ABSOLUTELY PACKED FULL OF STUFF.

STUFF.

THE KIDS MUST LOVE IT IN HERE.

>> OH, NOT SO MUCH THE KIDS AS S AS T THE OLDER KIDS DO.

SOME OF THE LADIES COLLECT DOLLS, AND THEY CAN REMINISCE ABOUT THEIR DOLLS.

SOME THEY DIDN'T LISTEN SOME THAT DIDN'T LISTEN TO TO THEIR MOTHER AND BROKE THEM,O SO THEY CAN REMEMBER THOSE THINGS.

Huell: WELL, WE'RE BACK OUT FRONT NOW.

THIS HAS BEEN THIS HAS BEEN A WOND A WONDERFUL TOUR OF YOUR MUSEUM.

TOUR.

IS IT HARD TO START UP A MUSEUM?

AND GET THE PAPE TO GET ALL THE PAPERWORK DONE AND GET IT LEGAL?

AND GET IT ALL LEGAL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> >> IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME.

YOU CITY HAVE TO DEAL WITH CITY HALL.

Huell: OH, GOSH.

>> AND THEY GIVE YOU A LITTLE THEY GIVE YOU A LITTLE HARD TIME.

HARD TIME, BUT IF YOU CAN IF YOU CAN WITHSTAND CITY HALL WITHSTAND CITY HALL, YOU CANU C. WITHSTAND ANYTHING.

Huell: SO YOU'VE GOT ALL THE RIGHT CERTIFICATES HANGING ON THE WALL.

>> YES, WE DO.

Huell: YOU ARE A CERTIFIED YES MUSEUM.

>> YES, AND A CULTURAL MONUMENT.

Huell: AND THE BUILDING IS >> AND THE BUILDING IS A A CULTURAL MONUMENT.AL MONUMENT.

AND DO YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE-- DO YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO I'M ALMOST NERVOUS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA GET TOO MANY PEOPLE COMING OVER.

DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COME?

>> OH, YES, WE WELCOME PEOPLE.

THE MORE THE MERRIER.

Huell: SENIOR CITIZENS GROUPS, SCHOOL GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS.

>> YES, EVERYONE'S WELCOME.

Huell: WHAT DO THEY DO?

JUST CALL THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT UP ON THE SCREEN?

>> YES, CALL AND LET US KNOW THEY'RE COMING, AND WE WILL BE HERE TO WELCOME THEM.

Huell: SO THEY NEED TO BOOKTO BH THE TOUR?

IT'S NOT JUST DROP IN?

TOUR?

>> YES, BOOK IT.

>> NO, BOOK THE TOUR.

Huell: OK, GREAT.

WELL, THIS HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

THANK >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU SO MUCH.

>> WE'RE REALLY GLAD THAT YOU CAME.YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL Huell: YOU'VE GOT A WONDERFULHE.

PLACE HERE.

>> WELL, THANK YOU THERE.

Huell: THANK YOU FOR TAKING >> THA THE TIME TO SHOW ME AROUND.

AROUND.

>> WE'LL SEE YOU SUBSEQUENTLY.

>> THA Huell: THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

Huell: THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR SHOWING YOUR POSTCARDS WITH US.

>> THAT'S OK. Huell: AND HERE WE ARE ON BONNI.

BRAE.

THIS IS A REAL GEM OF THIS IS A REAL GEM OF A SURP A SURPRISE.

THE GRIER-MUSSER MUSEUM IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES MUSEUM IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

A LITTLE BIT O A LITTLE BIT OF OUR HISTORY STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE AND WELL.

@ OK, HERE WE GO.

TIME FOR THE UPDATE.

IT'S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN.

WE ARE BACK AT THE GOOD OL' GRIER-MUSSER MUSEUM ON BONNIE BRAE RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

SUSAN, YOU'RE STILL HERE.

>> YES, I AM.

Huell: YOUR MOM AND YOUR UNCLE HAVE BOTH PASSED AWAY.

YOUR SISTER IS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE MUSEUM ANYMORE.

>> NO.

Huell: YOU'RE A SURVIVOR.

>> YEAH!

Huell: YOU'RE STILL HERE.

>> WHOO!

Huell: AND YOU HAVE--ARE YOU JUST APPLAUDING THAT SHE'S HUNG ON THIS LONG?

AND THE MUSEUM IS STILL HERE, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT COLOR.

>> YES.

WE ALL--SINCE MY MOTHER MOVED ON AND UNCLE, WE WANTED TO UPDATE OURSELVES WITH SOMETHING THAT WE LIKED.

AND MY FAMILY DECIDED YELLOW WAS A GOOD COLOR.

Huell: IT'S A LITTLE BRIGHTER AND LIVELIER THAN THE GREEN.

>> YES, IT IS.

YES.

Huell: NOW, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

THIS IS YOUR DAUGHTER WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN BORN WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST TIME.

ACTUALLY, YOU WERE PROBABLY BORN.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

>> I'M RACHEL.

Huell: NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

Huell: AND ARE YOU HELPING WITH THE MUSEUM?

WHAT DO YOU DO?

WHAT DID YOU SAY SHE DID?

>> SHE COLLECTS THE MONIES.

Huell: THAT'S A GOOD THING.

>> I HELP OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN.

>> SHE MAKES FILMS HERE, TOO.

Huell: OH, REALLY?

>> YEAH.

SHE HAS A LITTLE FILM COMPANY.

Huell: SO IT KIND OF GETS INTO YOUR BLOOD, DOESN'T IT?

YOU'RE THE THIRD GENERATION CONNECTED WITH THIS MUSEUM.

>> YES.

IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.

Huell: YOU ARE HER BOYFRIEND WHO JUST KIND OF BACKS HER UP AND GIVES HER MORAL SUPPORT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

EXACTLY.

Huell: AND THIS GUY.

>> HELLO, HUELL.

Huell: NOW THIS IS INTERESTING.

I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.

BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WOULD FIND OUT ABOUT THE MUSEUM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU'RE KIND OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

Huell: BUT YOU BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.

>> RIGHT.

I'M A TOUR DIRECTOR.

AND I DO A VARIETY OF TOURS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA.

AND WHEN I'M DOING HOME TOURS OR VICTORIAN HOME TOURS, WE'LL GO TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE, BUT THEN EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE INSIDE, AND THEN WE COME HERE.

Huell: ARE PEOPLE TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY AT WHAT THEY SEE?

>> YES.

'CAUSE IT'S DECORATED OF THE PERIOD, BUT THEN SUSAN DECORATES IT SEASONALLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU COME, WHETHER IT'S DURING THE HOLIDAYS OR JUNE--IT'S GRADUATIONS AND FATHER'S DAY, EASTER, FOURTH OF JULY.

YOU COULD SPEND WEEKS IN HERE AND NEVER SEE IT ALL.

Huell: OH, WE KNOW.

>> YEAH.

Huell: BECAUSE SHE'S GOT A LOT OF--I CALLED IT THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE STUFF.

>> YES.

Huell: YOU CALLED IT JUNK AND YOUR MOTHER STARTED CRYING ALMOST.

BUT IT'S BASICALLY YOUR FAMILY'S STUFF FROM OVER THE YEARS.

>> IT'S WHAT 3 LADIES HAVE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS, AND WE'VE ADDED TO IT SINCE THEY'VE GONE.

Huell: AND SEE, ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT THINGS THAT WE MAYBE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED, THAT IF THEY'RE COLLECTED AND PUT TOGETHER IN A PLACE AND YOU CALL IT A MUSEUM, IT BECOMES A MUSEUM, IT'S INTERESTING TO PEOPLE.

>> IT IS.

AND PEOPLE HAVE MEMORIES.

THEY SAY, "I REMEMBER THAT AS A CHILD.

I REMEMBER THIS PART OF THE HOUSE."

OR, "THIS WAS CONNECTED TO IT" OR A BOOK, A FIGURE, WHATEVER, BRINGS BACK A LITTLE MEMORY FOR THEM.

Huell: LOTS OF NOSTALGIA.

>> YES.

YES.

Huell: WELL, YOU'RE STILL DOING WELL.

YOU ARE A SURVIVOR.

>> YES, YES.

Huell: AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M--I KNOW, I'M CONGRATULATING YOU ON BEING HER BOYFRIEND.

>> AW.

>> YAY!

Huell: CONGRATULATIONS ON BRINGING ALL THE TOUR GROUPS BY HERE.

THIS IS GREAT 'CAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING LIFE AND MONEY INTO THE MUSEUM.

IT'S PROBABLY NOT CHEAP TO KEEP SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOING.

IT'S REALLY MORE OF A LABOR OF LOVE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, ISN'T IT?

>> OH, DEFINITELY.

DEFINITELY IT IS.

YES.

Huell: AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR MOM AND YOUR UNCLE AREN'T HERE, THEIR SPIRITS ARE STILL VERY MUCH HERE.

>> OH, ALL THE TIME.

Huell: IT'S REALLY A TRIBUTE TO THEM AS WELL.

>> YES, IT IS.

YES.

Huell: WELL, THIS IS WONDERFUL.

THIS IS WHAT A MUSEUM IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE ALL ABOUT.

WE'VE BEEN TO 2 OF THEM TODAY.

THE GLASS MUSEUM IN REDLANDS AND THEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE VICTORIAN--YOU CALL IT A VICTORIAN HOUSE?

>> YES, IT IS.

Huell: LITTLE VICTORIAN HOUSE RIGHT HERE ON BONNIE BRAE.

THERE'S PARKING IN THE REAR.

YOU CAN CALL AND GET RESERVATIONS.

BOTH OF THESE MUSEUMS ARE WELL WORTH A VISIT.

BOTH OF THESE MUSEUMS REALLY ARE KIND OF THE HEART AND SOUL OF WHAT MUSEUMS OUGHT TO BE.

DON'T HAVE TO BE BIG OR FANCY.

THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF HEART OF IN THEM, DON'T THEY?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

YES, HEART AND LOVE.

EVERYBODY ENJOYS THAT.

Huell: THERE'S A LOT OF HEART AND LOVE HERE AND IN THE GLASS MUSEUM.

2 FINE MUSEUMS RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

GO VISIT BOTH OF THEM.

I GUARANTEE YOU YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

LETS WAVE GOOD-BYE.

>> BYE.

>> THAT'S THE WAY IT IS HERE AT THE GOOD OL' GRIER-MUSSER MUSEUM, NOW PAINTED A BEAUTIFUL YELLOW AND GREEN INSTEAD OF JUST GREEN.

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