>> THERE IS A WORKING PRINTSHOP HERE WHERE THEY DEMONSTRATE HOW THINGS WERE DONE IN THE AGE BEFORE COMPUTERS.

>> THESE ARE RHODE ISLAND RED HENS.

>> THE RHODE ISLAND STATE BIRD HAS COME HOME TO RULE THE ROOST.

AND WE DISCOVER A CONNECTION BETWEEN TEXTILES AND THE FISHING INDUSTRY.

HISTORY COMES ALIVE HERE, THIS IS TREASURES INSIDE THE MUSEUM.

♪ ♪ >> THE SOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM CALLS ITSELF A PLACE WHERE THE PAST IS PRESENT.

THEY INVITE YOU TO A WORLD OF DISCOVERY.

BUT A VISIT HERE IS MORE OF A REDISCOVERY NOT ONLY OUR PAST BUT OURSELVES.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE STORIES OF US ARE AMPLIFIED.

A PLACE WHERE THE ORDINARY LIVES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATED.

THIS MUSEUM IS A PLACE WHERE THE MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ARE COLLECTED AND SHARED.

>> SOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED IN 1933.

A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVED IN PROVIDENCE, THEY WERE FAIRLY WELL OFF, HAD SUMMERED AT THE GRANDPARENTS' FARMS HERE IN SOUTH COUNTY.

WITH THE ADVENT OF AUTOMOBILES, THEY SAW THE WAY THEY GREW UP WITH DISAPPEARING.

THEY DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT THEY CALLED THE SOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM.

THEY CALLED IT A FARM MUSEUM.

>> ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN WHITFORD, IT WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF SUCCESSES AND GROWING PAINS UNTIL IT LANDED HERE IN NARRAGANSETT.

>> THE LOCATION WAS HERE, 174 TOWN PARK.

THE MET EXHIBIT BUILDING AND THE PRINTSHOP WHERE THE FIRST BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE EXPANDED SINCE THEN.

NOW WE LEASE EIGHT ACRES FROM THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT.

>> THE MUSEUM TELLS THE STORY OF LIFE IN A PART OF RHODE ISLAND MADE UP OF VILLAGES.

VERY SMALL VILLAGES.

THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THESE VILLAGES HAD TO SURVIVE BY THEIR WITS, WHAT KNOWLEDGE THEY HAD AND WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.

IF THEY WERE IN SOUTH KINGSTON, ARRANGEMENT -- RICHMOND AREA THAT THEY WOULD START OUT WITH FARMING AND THEY WOULD SWITCH TO FISHING.

IN THE FALL THEY MIGHT GO INTO THE TOWN AND WORK IN THE MILLS.

IT WAS UNIQUE TO THIS PART OF RHODE ISLAND.

THAT WE HAVE THAT CULTURE AND HISTORY.

SO MANY FAMILIES ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW.

>> THE STORY OF THE MUSEUM IS TO HONOR THE RURAL, VILLAGE AND MARITIME HERITAGE OF RHODE ISLAND WITH A FOCUS ON SOUTH COUNTY.

I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS A MUSEUM OF HISTORY WITHOUT PRETENSIONS.

YOU CAN COME WATCH US BLACKSMITH, BUT YOU COULD BLACKSMITH WITH US.

YOU CAN'T WATCH US PRINT, WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO LEARN THE SKILL.

IF YOU LOOK AT MOST OF OUR ARTIFACTS, THEY REFLECT THE DAILY LIFE OF THE PERSON THAT LIVED HERE.

♪ >> THE MUSEUM IS DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL BUILDINGS THAT REFLECT THE RURAL NATURE OF THE STORIES TOLD HERE.

EACH HAS ITS OWN GALLERY OR EXHIBIT SPACE THAT SEEMS TO TRANSCEND TIME.

INSIDE THESE WALLS, HISTORY IS ALIVE AGAIN.

AND THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK HERE, FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO SHARE THAT HISTORY.

>> WE ARE IN THE PRESS SHOP.

WE HAVE 15 PRESSES.

OUR EARLIEST IS OVER TO MY LEFT.

THAT IS PROBABLY FROM THE MI D 1800S.

WE CAN DUPLICATE AND REPLICATE HOW SOMEONE PRESENTED THE WORK DURING THAT TIME SPAN.

FOR EACH ONE OF THE PROCESS, THE PROCESS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AND HAS BEEN SINCE GUTENBERG FIRST PRINTED THE BIBLE.

ON YOUR COMPUTER, YOU CAN SWITCH FROM FONTS, DECIDE ON THE SIZE OF THE TYPEFACE.

IN PRINTING, WE HAVE MOVABLE TYPE.

EACH CASE, WE HAVE THESE TINY PIECES OF METAL.

ON EACH END THERE IS A LETTER OR NUMBER ON THE END OF THAT.

WHAT WE DO IS DECIDE WHAT TYPEFACE WE WANT TO USE.

IN THIS SITUATION, THIS IS THE KASLAN CASE.

IF I WANTED TO GO TO A 36, I WILL PULL THIS OUT AND PUT IT OUT ON TOP.

WE ALREADY HAVE SOME PRESETS.

I WOULD SET BY CAPITAL LETTERS -- MY CAPITAL LETTERS APPEAR AND LOWERCASE LETTERS DOWN HERE.

THAT IS WHERE THE DISTINCTION COMES FROM, S AND LOWERCASE.

I HAVE SELECTED MY TYPE.

I PUT MY CASES UP.

I GET A COMPOSING STICK.

THE EARLY ONES WERE MADE OUT OF BOARD, THIS ONE IS METAL.

I WOULD SELECT THE TYPE, MAKE SURE MY LETTER WAS GOING THE CORRECT WAY AND INSERT IT.

LET'S GET AN S. I FIND THE S. I MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT SIDE UP, I SET IT INTO MY COMPOSING STICK.

I WOULD GO TO SEA, STILL USING UPPERCASE, MAKE SURE THAT IS GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I WOULD GO TO M. LOTS OF THOSE APPEAR.

I WOULD SET THAT INTO MY STICK.

I WOULD LOCK IT INTO PLACE.

LIKE THIS.

I WOULD CARRY IT TO ONE OF THE PRESSES.

>> THIS COLLECTION IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE IN NEW ENGLAND.

EACH PIECE IS IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER.

>> I HAVE WORKED WITH MY STICK TO SET UP MY TYPE AND PUT IT INTO THE CHASE.

THE CHASE IS A FRAMEWORK THAT TIGHTENS THINGS UP AND HOLDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

I HAVE THIS READY.

I AM CREATING USING A PIECE OF PAPER ABOUT THIS SIZE.

I WOULD PUT THE CHASE WITH THE MOVE WILL TYPE -- MOVABLE TYPE INTO THE PRESS.

MY THINK WOULD BE ON THE RING AND I PUT MY PIECE OF PAPER ONTO THE PRESS.

I BRING BIKE ROLLERS UP -- MY ROLLERS UP, BRING IT DOWN ONTO MY PIECE AND I HAVE MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION.

WE HAVE 15 LETTER PRESSES HERE.

DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE WORK YOU ARE PRODUCING, YOU CAN PRODUCE IT ON A SMALL PRESS LIKE THIS OR LOOK AT THE LARGER PROCESS AROUND THE SHOP.

THEY ALL DO THE SAME THING, THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME COMPONENTS.

>> ONE OF THE TREASURED PIECES IS THE LANOTYPE, IT REPRESENTS A MAJOR CHANGE IN PRINTING.

>> SPENDING ALL OF THAT TIME PULLING THAT LOOSE PIECES OF TYPE, PUTTING THEM INTO THE STICK AND THEN INTO THE CHASE.

THAT IS HOW THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE TIME.

HOW THIS MACHINE WORKS -- I AM NOT DEPRECATING RUBY GOLDBERG -- RUBE GOLDBERG, THEIR MORE MOVING PIECES IN THIS, ALL OF THE LOOSE TYPE IS CARRIED IN THESE CANISTERS.

BOTH UPPER AND LOWERCASE.

THEY ARE WRAPPED UP.

THE TYPESETTER SITS AT THE KEYBOARD.

HE WOULD HAVE THE TEXT HE WAS GOING TO PUT IN.

HE WOULD TYPE THE LINES OF TYPE.

THE LETTERS WOULD DROP DOWN, THEY WOULD FORM THE LINE OF TYPE.

IT WOULD FUSE THEM TOGETHER.

THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE LINE OF TYPE IS SPIT OUT AT THE BOTTOM.

ALTOGETHER, NOT LOOSE.

THAT IT WOULD GO INTO THE CHASE.

THEN THE PRINTING PROCESS IS THE SAME.

THE PRINTED WORD IS HOW YOU GOT MOST OF YOUR INFORMATION.

SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT YOU COULD PRODUCE TWO NEWSPAPERS PER DAY LIKE THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL WAS IRREPLACEABLE.

♪ >> THE PRINT SHOP DOES NOT ACCEPT COMMERCIAL WORK.

IT DOES CREATE PIECES FOR THE MUSEUM AND OTHER CUSTOMERS.

>> WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WORKED WITH CIVIL WAR REENACTORS AND REPRODUCED A POSTER THAT WOULD HAVE GONE UP.

IN THIS CASE, THE SEVENTH REGIMENT OF RHODE ISLAND WAS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.

THEY CAN COME TO THE RECRUITING OFFICE.

WE TRY TO FOCUS ON THE SOUTH COUNTY ASPECT.

>> THE SOUTH COUNTY CONNECTION TO THE CIVIL WAR IS EXPLORED MORE DEEPLY IN THE NEIGHBORING EXHIBIT HALL.

JAMES BURNS WAS A FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE HEAVY ARTILLERY UNIT.

AFTER RECEIVING THESE DISCHARGE PAPERS, HE BECAME A HOTEL KEEPER IN NARRAGANSETT.

THE DRESS UNIFORM OF HENRY CLIFTON CARD IS ALSO ON DISPLAY.

THERE ARE OTHER TEXTILES, LIKE THESE DRESSES.

A COLLECTION OF HATS AND HAT BOXES AND THIS WEDDING GOWN.

>> THE SOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM HAS A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF TEXTILES, LINKED NOT JUST TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE MILLS THAT FORMED OUR VILLAGES, BUT ALSO THE HANDIWORK OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE VILLAGE.

WE HAVE QUITE A FEW QUILTS, BUT ALSO GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WORN THROUGHOUT TIME INCLUDING SIMILAR GARMENTS FROM 1790'S ON.

THE COLLECTION IS EXTENSIVE, FRAGILE, IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THIS RECENT DONATION HAS NEVER BEEN EXHIBITED, IT IS A COVERLET FOR A, WE BELIEVE IT IS MADE OUT OF FISHING LINE.

IT WAS CROCHETED BY A FISHERMAN.

YOUR PICTURING A FISHERMAN WORKING WITH COURSE FISHING TRYING AND MOST LIKELY CAME FROM TEH ASHAWAY TWINE AREA.

THEY WERE KNOWN FOR MAKING ALL OF THE LINE FOR COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN AT THAT TIME.

THE OTHER CONNECTION IS A QUILT LIKE THIS IS USEFUL, AND MATERIALS AT HAND.

THAT IS HOW THE VILLAGERS WERE ABLE TO USE EVERYTHING THEY HAD WHICH MIGHT SEEM ORDINARY BUT MAKE SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.

♪ >> ANOTHER EXHIBIT CHRONICLES THE HISTORY OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY AND THE ROLE IT PLAYED IN THIS REGION.

>> THE SECOND LARGEST FISHING PORT ON THE EAST COAST AT ONE POINT, AT THE SOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM WE ARE PRESERVING THAT HERITAGE.

THAT WAS THE TRADE PASSED GENERATION TO GENERATION.

♪ >> THE RURAL NATURE OF SOUTH COUNTY, WASHINGTON COUNTY AS IT WAS ACTUALLY NAMED MEANT THE GENERAL STORE WAS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE.

IN THAT PART IT MEANT CANYONS -- KENYANS.

THAT IS WHERE LOCALS WOULD GO TO GET PROVISIONS, PASS THE TIME OR GET COFFEE GROUND.

YOU COULD PAY BILLS FOR GO TO THE POST OFFICE WINDOW AND MAIL A LETTER AND CHECK FOR MAIL FOR YOU.

THE GENERAL STORE IS MIGHT WHERE YOU PICK UP A NEEDLE AND THIRD TO REPAIR A SOCK TORSO TOGETHER A QUILT -- OR SEW TOGETHER A QUILT.

>> THIS IS A CRAZY QUILT MADE FOR A GENTLEMAN IN NORTH KINGSTON.

CRAZY QUILT HAS DIFFERENT PIECES OF FABRIC.

THIS IS A VELVET AND HAS A LOTS OF EMBROIDERY.

IT IS AN OUTSTANDING PIECE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY INTERESTED IN QUILTING.

THAT IS VERY ALIVE HERE IN SOUTH COUNTY.

>> THAT INTEREST IS WHAT THEY HOST AN ANNUAL FOLK ART QUILT SHOW AT THE MUSEUM.

EDISON OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE TREASURES.

-- IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE TREASURES.

>> THIS WAS MADE BY MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER, SHE DIED IN 1920 22.

THEY MADE THESE QUILTS TO TEACH YOUNG GIRLS HOW TO SEW.

A QUILT BRINGS OUT MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD.

THERE ARE QUILTS FROM 1920'S AND 30'S, MY MOTHER WOULD SAY THAT I HAVE A DRESS MADE OF THAT, A SKIRT MADE OF THAT.

WE ARE SURE THAT THIS IS PART OF CLOTHING SCRAPS.

THIS QUILT IS NOT PERFECT.

BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN PATTERNS, WHERE THERE ARE THREE ACROSS THAT MATTER.

THERE IS AN OCCASIONAL ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE THREE ACROSS.

THE STITCHING IS COMMON FOR A YOUNG GIRL.

IT IS VERY BIG STITCH, BUT THE SAME STITCH ALL THE WAY AROUND.

SHE WAS VERY CAREFUL.

THE STRIPES MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD LONG ENOUGH MATERIAL, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STRIPE EXHIBITED.

SO IT IS NOT CONFIRMED -- CON FORMED WITH THE SAME STRIPE.

>> FROM QUILTING TO HAMRICK METAL.

>> THERE WERE 14 BLACKSMITH SHOPS OPERATING IN SOUTH KINGSTON.

IF YOU NEEDED ANYTHING DONE TO DO WITH METAL, THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE TO GO.

THAT LASTED TWO JUST BEFORE WORLD WAR I -- TO JUST BEFORE WORLD WAR I.

>> BECAUSE IT IS DESIGNED TO TEACHING, IT IS HALF PERIOD, HALF MODERN.

THE PROCESS IS THE SAME AND THE TREASURES ARE CREATED BEFORE YOUR EYES.

>> I AM WORKING ON CREATING AN S HOOK.

I NEED TO TAKE THIS TO MY INFILL AND WORK ON THE TIP.

I AM GOING TO BEND THIS TIP OVER.

THEN I AM GOING TO COME UP TO THE HORN OF MIAMIVILLE -- MY ANNVILLE.

-- ANVIL.

THAT IS WHERE TO HIT IT.

IT IS STILL HARD.

THEN I FINISH THE OTHER END.

WE JUST COOL IT OFF IN WATER.

THAT MAKES A NICE PLANT HAN GER.

AND THERE ARE OTHER TECHNIQUES YOU LEARN YOU MIGHT WANT TO APPLY TO OTHER WORKS.

♪ >> THE WALLS OF THIS SHOP ARE LIKE THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALL THINGS BLACKSMITH.

THEY ARE FILLED WITH TOOLS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.

EACH ONE DESIGNED AND CREATED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

THEY -- THEIR ARE SAMPLES SO VISITORS CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT A SHOP LIKE THIS WOULD FILL.

>> IF YOU NEEDED A NEW PITCHFORK, YOU COULD GO TO THE BLACKSMITH AND HAVE HIM OR HER CONSTRUCT A PITCHFORK FOR YOUR TO TAKE BACK HOME.

PERHAPS YOU NEEDED A NEW LATCH FOR THE INSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE, YOU COULD GO TO THE BLACKSMITH AND TELL THEM WHAT SHAPE YOU WANTED.

DISCUSS IT AND COME AWAY WITH A NICE ONE LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A BEAUTY.

IF YOU ARE A FISHERMAN AND NEEDED A NEW EEL SPEAR.

THIS IS A PRETTY PIECE OF HAND FORGED WORK.

THAT WOULD GO TO YOUR FISHING COMMUNITY PERHAPS.

THEN OF COURSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BLACKSMITH IS KNOWN FOR IS HORSESHOE WING -- HORSESHOE WING -- HORSESHOEING.

YOU WOULD NEED TO GET YOUR HORSE SHOD EVERY SIX WEEKS OR SO.

THEY COME IN ALL SHAPES OR SIZES.

THIS RASCAL WOULD GO TO A PONY WHO WOULD PULL A CARD.

THIS HORSESHOE, I LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT HAS CAULKS DESIGNED FOR TRACTION.

THIS WOULD BE FOR A DRAFT HORSE.

THIS IS LIKELY HEAVY-DUTY TIRES ON A JEEP.

THIS WOULD GIVE THE HORSE TRACTION.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IF YOU NEEDED NAILS FOR ANY KIND WATER, THE BLACKSMITH IS WHERE YOU WOULD GO.

AND I THINK METAL -- ANYTHING MADE OF METAL UP UNTIL THE CIVIL WAR IT WOULD GO TO THE BLACKSMITH TO GET THAT MADE.

♪ >> MUSEUMS CALL IT LIVING HISTORY AND HERE THEY TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.

>> WE FIRST STARTED WITH THE RHODE ISLAND REDS, WE HAD THIS SMALL BUILDING ON THE LEFT.

WE CONVERTED IT INTO THE HOUSE.

>> HE KNOWS CHICKENS AS WELL AS ANYBODY.

THE RETIRED UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND POULTRY PROFESSOR HAS TEAMED UP TO SAVE THE STATE BIRD.

>> THESE ARE RHODE ISLAND RED HENS, TEY ARE ONE YEAR OLD.

>> PRESERVING THE BREED OF THIS BIRD HAS BEEN HELPED BY THE DISCOVERY OF LOST LETTERS.

>> I WAS CONTACTED OUT OF THE BLUE BY PHONE BY THE GUY.

WHO FOUND A SHOEBOX FULL OF ANTIQUE LETTERS.

FROM 1895 AND 96.

>> DON NELSON IS A LICENSED POULTRY JUDGE WHO SHARED HIS FIND.

>> THESE ARE GOOD.

>> LOOK AT THIS.

>> THIS IS MY FAVORITE.

WAYNE WAS AMAZED BY IT.

IT IS FROM THE RHODE ISLAND AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

TALKING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE EGGS, BIRDS AND IF HE WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME.

>> THIS IS THE MALE RHODE ISLAND RED, THE ROSE COMB.

YOU HAVE THE LITTLE POINT ON THE BACK, I WILL KNOCK IT THROUGH ALL OF THE ANATOMY.

HE IS A GOOD-LOOKING BIRD.

>> EVERY FOURTH OF JULY, THE MUSEUM HATCHES ABOUT 200 NEW REDS WITH THE INTENTION OF MOVING THEM INTO CIRCULATION.

>> THE RHODE ISLAND RED IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE KNOW OF, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY POINT TO THE REAL ORIGIN.

>> IT IS STILL ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN BREEDS OF CHICKEN IN THE WORLD.

>> THE GROUNDS HERE INCLUDE A RECREATION OF THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE WHERE THE STUDENT DESKS STILL HAVE A CIRCLE CUT OUT FOR AN INKWELL.

IN A GARAGE BEHIND THE MAIN EXHIBITION HALL ARE CLASSIC CARS INCLUDING THIS 1921 MODEL T USED TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS TO HOTELS IN NARRAGANSETT.

NEARBY IS A RUSTY EXAMPLE OF YANKEE INGENUITY.

DURING WORLD WAR II, SHORT TRACTORS WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY.

SO A FARMER BUILT HIS OWN USING FORD MODEL A PARTS FROM A JUNKYARD.

IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF HIS NEIGHBORS AND HE WENT UP PRODUCING 14 OF THESE.

THE REAL TREASURES FROM THE COLLECTION ARE IN A BARN AT THE END OF THE PROPERTY.

>> THE MUSEUM HAS AN EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES, RANGING FROM EARLY FARMER AT -- FIRE APPARATUS, OPEN SLEIGHS, ONE THAT WAS USED AS A PICKUP TRUCK FOR THE FARMER.

WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY.

THEY ARE IN REFURBISHED CONDITION.

WE DO NOT RESTORE ANYTHING.

WE WANT TO SEE IT AS A CAME TO US.

MY FAVORITE PIECE IS THIS PERSON -- HEARSE.

IT HAS NOT BEEN RESTORED, REFURBISHED EXCEPT OR CLEANING IT UP.

IT IS COMPLETE.

IT IS ONLY MISSING ONE PEDESTAL.

GLASS SIDES, VELVET DRAPES WITH HANGING CORDS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CHILD'S COFFIN IN THE BACK, WE DO NOT SAY MUCH ABOUT IT.

IT WAS DESIGNED AS A HEARSE TO CARRY THE COFFIN TO THE GRAVEYARD.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORK APPEAR -- UP HERE ON THE EDGES OF IT.

A BLACKSMITH MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN FABRICATING SOME OF THE IRON OR BRASS PIECES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ENJOY ABOUT IT, WE ARE NOT SURE OF THE DATE, BECAUSE THE MUSEUM HAS HAD THIS FOR OVER 85 YEARS.

THE WHEELS HAVE AN ISLAND RIM ON THE WHEEL.

WHEELS WERE NOT MADE UNTIL 1852.

THIS WOULD HAVE MADE SOME NOISE AS IT MOVED DOWN THE STREET.

AT LEAST WE KNOW WE ARE TALKING PRE-CIVIL WAR.

YOU WOULD HAVE HAD ONE OF THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES IN ALMOST EVERY COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT SOUTH COUNTY AT THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.

-- AND THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.

>> EVERY COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE A MALE WAGON.

THIS WAS BUILT IN CIRCA 1819 WITH THAT THEY WOULD -- 1890 COMMUNICATIONS.

THIS MILK WAGON WAS USED TO DELIVER DAIRY PRODUCTS UNTIL 1916.

♪ SO MUCH OF WHO WE ARE IS BUILT ON THE BACKS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US.

THE INNOVATORS WHO FOUND BETTER WAYS OF DOING THINGS, THE TEACHERS WHO EDUCATED US AND THE INDUSTRIALIST WHO BUILT OUR COUNTRY.

AT SOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM THEY SEEK TO ENGAGE OUR CONNECTIONS WITH THE PAST BY SHOWING THE TREASURES PREPARED THEIR DESK PRESERVED THEIR -- PRESERVED THERE.

THE JOURNEY OF WHO WE ARE.

♪ >> PRODUCTION FOR TREASURES INSIDE THE MUSEUM HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS.

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