Roslyn Museum Scavenger Hunt
Want to make your visit more memorable? Below are pictures of many items scattered throughout the museum. Print the page off and bring it with you to see if you can find them all. And be sure to take the quiz that goes with each item to test your historical savvy! Get stuck... ask for assistance from a friendly museum Volunteer
This is:
a) a wooden pogo stick
b) a loggers tweezers
c) a corn planter
a) a wooden pogo stick
b) a loggers tweezers
c) a corn planter
This device is:
a) an apple peeler and corer
b) a very old pencil sharpener
c) a device to open jars
Was this:
a) A kitchen cabinet used for storing pots and pans and utensils?
b) A kitchen ice chest used to keep food cold in the days before refrigeration?
c) An armoire for storing clothing items?
a) A kitchen cabinet used for storing pots and pans and utensils?
b) A kitchen ice chest used to keep food cold in the days before refrigeration?
c) An armoire for storing clothing items?
This is:
a) a fishing pole for a very
shallow lake
b) a transmission from a Model T automobile
c) a scale used to weigh buckets of milk at a dairy
a) a fishing pole for a very
shallow lake
b) a transmission from a Model T automobile
c) a scale used to weigh buckets of milk at a dairy
Was this:
a) A milking machine from one of Roslyn's dairies?
b) An instrument of torture used in the Roslyn jail?
c) A permanent wave machine from one of Roslyn's beauty salons?
a) A milking machine from one of Roslyn's dairies?
b) An instrument of torture used in the Roslyn jail?
c) A permanent wave machine from one of Roslyn's beauty salons?
This is;
a) King Arthurs sword "Excaliber"
b) a picture of a jet plane looking from above
c) A tool called a "Sprag", used by a man called a "Rope rider" to stop mine cars rolling down the slope of the "Tipple" to be dumped into railroad cars
a) King Arthurs sword "Excaliber"
b) a picture of a jet plane looking from above
c) A tool called a "Sprag", used by a man called a "Rope rider" to stop mine cars rolling down the slope of the "Tipple" to be dumped into railroad cars
This is:
a) an Edison cylinder player used prior to the flat disc record players
b) the first stereo player
c) a crank operated potato peeler
a) an Edison cylinder player used prior to the flat disc record players
b) the first stereo player
c) a crank operated potato peeler
This stereograph was an educational tool and amusement device used in the early 1900s.
The cards held double images:
a) to help students with poor memory.
b) to trick the eyes into seeing a 3-D images c) to make the cards wide enough to be seen through the view finder.
The cards held double images:
a) to help students with poor memory.
b) to trick the eyes into seeing a 3-D images c) to make the cards wide enough to be seen through the view finder.
This is
a) a petrified Armadillo
b) a mammoth tooth discovered near the Yakima river
c) a fried walrus brain
a) a petrified Armadillo
b) a mammoth tooth discovered near the Yakima river
c) a fried walrus brain
Troop 1 established in 1910 was the first:
a) Boy Scout troop in Roslyn.
b) Boy Scout troop in the state of Washington
c) Boy Scout troop west of the Rocky Mountains.
d) All of the above.
a) Boy Scout troop in Roslyn.
b) Boy Scout troop in the state of Washington
c) Boy Scout troop west of the Rocky Mountains.
d) All of the above.
This is:
a) a breathing apparatus used in the mines called a Dreger unit first used in the 1909 roslyn coal mine explosion
b) Darth vaders first mask
c) a dehydrted scuba diver
a) a breathing apparatus used in the mines called a Dreger unit first used in the 1909 roslyn coal mine explosion
b) Darth vaders first mask
c) a dehydrted scuba diver
This is
a) a Knights helmet
b). a 3 piece miners "lunch bucket" the food went in the top covered by the lid and the liquid went in the bottom covered by the food container which nestled into the liquid container... 3 pieces
c) a double boiler for making pudding
a) a Knights helmet
b). a 3 piece miners "lunch bucket" the food went in the top covered by the lid and the liquid went in the bottom covered by the food container which nestled into the liquid container... 3 pieces
c) a double boiler for making pudding
This item is very easy to find and it is:
a) a device to press the lid on a canning jar
b) a fruit press for making juices, apple, grape. pear
c) a medieval torture device
a) a device to press the lid on a canning jar
b) a fruit press for making juices, apple, grape. pear
c) a medieval torture device
Was this:
a) A turn -of-the- century hot tub?
b) The first dishwasher in Roslyn?
c) An early model water powered ;washing machine?
a) A turn -of-the- century hot tub?
b) The first dishwasher in Roslyn?
c) An early model water powered ;washing machine?
This one is very hard to find , but keep in mind things will be looking "up" when you find it.....it is:
a) a wooden frying pan minus its handle
b) a noahs ark for mice
c) a wooden hat box for a stove pipe hat
a) a wooden frying pan minus its handle
b) a noahs ark for mice
c) a wooden hat box for a stove pipe hat
These street lamps lit Roslyn streets for many years, the one on the right used a light bulb, the round one on the left used:
a) candles
b) one metal electrode and a carbon rod with 220 volts of electricity that formed an arc : resulting in the name "Arc light"
c) kerosene
a) candles
b) one metal electrode and a carbon rod with 220 volts of electricity that formed an arc : resulting in the name "Arc light"
c) kerosene
Was this
a) a bingo number mixer
b) a butter churn
c) a container for kite string
a) a bingo number mixer
b) a butter churn
c) a container for kite string
These are:
a) The jolly green giants chopsticks
b) parts of a broken fence
c) home made skis fashioned from the staves of barrels with leather straps to attach them to your feet
a) The jolly green giants chopsticks
b) parts of a broken fence
c) home made skis fashioned from the staves of barrels with leather straps to attach them to your feet
This is;
a) a small parlor stove
b) a safety phone (explosion and hopefully cave in proof) used inside the mines for communication
c) a lunch box with lid
a) a small parlor stove
b) a safety phone (explosion and hopefully cave in proof) used inside the mines for communication
c) a lunch box with lid
This is:
a) Rabbit ears for a small TV
b) a broken salad fork
c) a device (called a "rapper" carried by a man called a "rope rider" who traveled in and out of the mines on the mine cars... This device was used to signal the operator of the hoist on the outside of the mine almost a mile away, (with a Morse type code) the rope rider instructed the hoist operator to perform various actions like up, down, stop, etc., etc..
a) Rabbit ears for a small TV
b) a broken salad fork
c) a device (called a "rapper" carried by a man called a "rope rider" who traveled in and out of the mines on the mine cars... This device was used to signal the operator of the hoist on the outside of the mine almost a mile away, (with a Morse type code) the rope rider instructed the hoist operator to perform various actions like up, down, stop, etc., etc..
