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It takes a lot of help to run a house this big. The Peter family's household help included slaves (before the Civil War) and Irish and English immigrants (in the 1900s).
Lighting
Why do you think the windows are so large? Consider how indoor lighting has changed: from candles to gas lamps and then electric lights.
Toys and Other Fun Stuff
Generations of Peter family children played with toys you would recognize. There's a 1906 baseball bat, mask and catcher's mitt; a small, handmade model of the Wright brothers' plane; dolls; stuffed animals; a pair of early 1900s roller skates; and a 1930s Parcheesi game.
There is also a 1919 Pierce Arrow Roadster car that was owned by the last of the Peter family members to live in the house.
