Hello happy Friday Hivers. Today is #marketfriday headed by no other than @dswigle. Today I bring you to the Durham Museum gift shop. I came here intially last Friday but I had to come back this Tuesday. I didn't get to see all the exhibits and didn't have time to check out the gift shop.
Pictured above is the gift shop in the 1940's at Omaha Union Station which is now Durham Museum. The second photo is the ticketing counter which looks very much like it did when it seen train passengers. No one is behind it handing out tickets but they are taking your payment in exchange for merchandise.
The first thing I seen first walking in the gift shop was post cards. I have to say I was surprised to see them reasonably priced at $0.50. The subject matter was mostly kind of boring to me but I'm from here. There were a few that I found cool though. This was a good sign though seeing something not so expensive. I just might walk out of here with something.
Some little things here. Pencils and shot glass coasters are a dollar. Some Christmas ornaments sell from $6.50 to $10.99. Key chains sold for $5.99.
Not gift shop related but here is a photo of a Christmas tree standing in the Union Station in 1940s. Every year they still do this tradition. It's an amazing display I can't wait to take some pictures of it this upcoming holuday season.
Some reading material about Omaha will cost you $21.99. If you want a keep sake for your visit to Durham Museum you can get a shot glass for $6.99. If they would have had big black steam engine train on one I would have considered. Well since it was local stuff I kept walking.
Oh the first stop where I seen something I may want. Lunch boxes that are tin made. I guess they still sell them @anggreklestari well at least here. All of them except for one model were the same price. Of course the one I was eye balling was more, sigh. The price was $21.99 for all the rest. The one I wanted was the silver food truck but they wanted $32.99. I would have paid $21.99 for it but not $32.99. I may have to do some searching on the internet maybe I can find one.
What boy didn't want a train set for Christmas? There were a few here for sale. They weren't massive ones but you did have a choice of color and style. Basically the beginners set for young boys. I think
the $65.00 sticker price might be a little high. It probably takes up very little floor space.
The T-shirts they had were reasonable priced. They were priced by size starting at $11.99, Once they reached Large they were $2.00 more for each size after. Not a bad price usually T-shirts are around $15. They only two choices and the one pictured was the better of the two. It would have been nice to see more shirt selections. The dinosaur theme I believe was from a temporary exhibit that is no longer there.
Legos were here for the kids. Starting at $20 all the way to $46. Seemed a little steep to me but I haven't been into buying for grade school kids for awhile. It is a good choice of merchandise as there currently is a Lego exhibit.
Here we have some train related toys. The his and her train conductor hats are $11.99 each.The name train letters I believe we're $4 each. You have a short name it's not to bad I guess. It would be $12 for me as a Bob 😂
This book area I looked at twice. Most of the soft covered books were priced at $21.99. The hard covered ones went from $25 to $65. The thing that got me here was some of the books were local specific to Native Tribes and Trains. Two things I have a lot of interest in. There was a handful of them I was interested in but it came down to two. I went with Railroads of Omaha and Council bluffs.
I have opened it up and read through it some. So many pictures of trains, stations, and shipyards. I've learned some things about the area that I didn't know. I haven't even bothered to mark where I left off because it's ok seeing and reading over. I love my choice but I will probably get the other book at some point.
Thank you for coming this far. I really appreciate your time and support. Take care,be safe and enjoy the rest of your weekend.
