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The Peddler's Wagon

Peddler's Wagon was a common type of vendor during the boom.  This was a hold-over from years past when the peddler would go from door to door. During the boom, he would set up shop on a busy street, then travel to area farms on a regular schedule.

If the Arp General Store was the Wal-Mart of the 1930s, the peddler's wagon was the Amazon(dot)com of the period. He would take your order, and then deliver it the next time he made his rounds to your farm, probably in 30 days, unlike Amazon Prime 2 day delivery.

Look at the prices of the items on the wagon. There have been some price increases since 1930.

Museum Tour
  1. Daisy Bradford Case and Portrait
  2. A. D. "Doc" Lloyd Case
  3. Oilfield Geological Formations
  4. Restrooms
  5. East Texas Boom Towns
  6. Drilling through Time: Voices of East Texas Oil Heritage
  7. Fire Extinguisher
  8. School During the Boom
  9. 1930 2 1/2 Ton Model AA Truck
  10. People of East Texas
  11. Drilling through Time: Voices of East Texas Oil Heritage
  12. H.L. (Harold Lafayette) Hunt Statue
  13. Voice of East Texas Exhibit
  14. Church Exhibit and New London School Explosion
  15. Transportation Exhibit
  16. A 1930s House
  17. The Man & The Map
  18. Daisy Bradford Well Photo
  19. Rural Electric Lineman Buddy and Kilgore Oilfield Supply
  20. Boomtown Street
  21. Arp General Store
  22. Drilling through Time: Voices of East Texas Oil Heritage
  23. Gladewater Museum
  24. Elevator Ride to the Center of the Earth
  25. Wright City Machine Shop
  26. Wichita Truck
  27. Outside the Pistol Hill Gas Station
  28. Inside the Pistol Hill Gas Station
  29. Guaranty Bank
  30. Drilling through Time: Voices of East Texas Oil Heritage
  31. Crossroads Barber Shop
  32. Henderson Post Office
  33. The Peddler's Wagon
  34. Boomtown Movie Theater
  35. Carpenter & Dr. Pepper Mural
  36. Gusher Gazette Newspaper Office
  37. Drug Store Photography Window
  38. Overton Drug Store
  39. Joinerville Feed and Seed
  40. Rent the Museum
  41. Intro Video Text
  42. Women of the Boom Video Text