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Doughboy John

This photo was taken during infantry training during the Great War, in 1918. He never saw combat, due to the arrival of the Armistice before he could set out for France.

John as a young soldier-in-training

Golf and horses

The museum houses a host of personal items, including this display of John R. Rice's beloved golf clubs and collection of miniature horses.

Twin passions: golf and horses

MacArthur

Photo collage of John R. Rice's horse, Mac (otherwise known as General of the Armies Douglas A. MacArthur, Jr.) plus the red barn where Mac lived.

General of the Armies Douglas A. Macarthur, Jr., a Tennessee Walking Horse and one of John R.s best friends.

Quintuplets

Lloys Rice's collection of dolls -- the Dionne quintuplets.

Lloys' Dionne quintuplets dolls

As ye sew...

Lloys Rice used this sewing machine to construct an untold number of garments for her family and friends.

Lloys' sewing machine

Mac's saddle

...was carefully preserved, as Mac accidentally and unfortunately was not.

Mac's saddle, John R's 10-gallon hat

Remember when there were no computers?

This was the ancient machine on which John R. and Lloys Rice wrote a whole lot of missives in the days long before email became fashionable.

Early word processor