This Watch Master G-11, watch-rate recorder, is truly a time machine...

Representing the Daisy Churn Company, these three butter churns display a few examples from the heyday of churn technology.

Where the barber's pole may invite you in, it is the chair that says welcome. The barber's chair is a well known and widely recognized icon. It is the epicenter of the barbershop. It immerses you into a world of history and lore.

These railroad date nails represent a period of greater than 75 years of monitoring rail ties.

This Schulz upright piano belonged to Harry Lemaire (1861-1962), Texas Tech University's first permanent band director from 1926-1934. Lemaire was the composer and arranger of "The Matador", Texas Tech's school song.

This Sharps sporting rifle, caliber .40-90 (serial number 159765), belonged to John Wesley Mooar (1846-1918), hunter, freighter, and hide merchant.

This Maytag washer, ca. 1940, was owned by Fred Jobe, who operated Lubbock's first self-service laundry establishments in the 1940s.

What is State of the Art? The truth is that “State of the Art” reflects the most advanced state of technology in any given area of invention, at any given moment in time. What it reveals and means to you, however, can be another matter entirely.

This tea set was owned by William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (1823-1878), from the 1850s until his death in 1878. Tweed was the central figure in the 1860s New York City Tammany Hall corruption scandals.