Dining Room and Kitchen

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Richard Petty Shows Us His Childhood House! (Prohibition Era Secret Hiding Spots!)

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Petty shows what was once the dining room during his childhood, which later became the family room. He points out the original telephone and the old television set, recalling when the family first acquired a refrigerator in the early 1950s—a significant luxury at the time. The kitchen, with its original layout and appliances, is also featured. He explains that a pantry off the kitchen and a small basement area beneath it were used to store canned goods and other perishables, utilizing natural coolness before modern refrigeration was common. A key historical detail mentioned is the original well that was drilled in the kitchen area but never produced water, leading to its eventual covering.

Goal: Explore the dining room and kitchen, highlighting changes in room function and the advent of modern appliances.

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Refrigerator — A vintage refrigerator, showcasing early home appliances
Telephone — Part of the original household items
Television Set — An early model television, representing a past era

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uh then my dad bought the thing from from all the can people and so he came in and we they redone the floors, painted the walls, done everything. So everything you see is original stuff. And this was naturally the kitchen and it it's always been the kitchen. You know, I can remember when first time we got a refrigerator, you know, back in the early 50s, I guess. And that was greatest thing. We didn't have to have ice and ice box. We just had had was able to open the door and everything was cold. So, and then this one in here was a pantry. And then when uh DN bought the place, then through that door is a bathroom and uh and running water, warm water, hot water. Man, we was in hog heaven. We had never seen anything like that. So that that was about it. And originally when the they built the house, they they drilled a well here, but they never did get any water out of it. So they finally covered over it. And it's got a little bit of a basement down there where grandmother and mother stored stored their stuff in the winter time. They canned stuff and all that and kept it down there and it was always cool down there. Is that where the fridge was when you always basically this is the way the kitchen I think this table was probably moved over closer, but yeah, it was pretty much pretty much the way everything was. still got the original stuff on the wall, plaster and stuff. Had a few broke places and stuff, but other than that, the I think it took Randy like three or four years to build a house. He was in the lumber business and sawmill and they put the house together and then waited for it to dry out before they ever put the plaster all that stuff so that it wouldn't settle. So the houses never settled. H So you were growing up having Christmas morning and stuff all in there. Was that in the the other room with the trophy case where you'd open Christmas presents and Yeah, we always used the front room for Christmas and all of that stuff. And then when Linda and myself, we always had when we first moved in, they had a heater in that room and that heated the whole house. Of course, we kept the door shut. And when Linda and myself got married, we moved upstairs. We used that room right above for our living room. And then the front bedroom was where we

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