The Arcadia General Store is an exhibit being developed to give the feel of a general store from a hundred years ago. This exhibit will include the cash registers, scale, and addition machines shown below and examples of many products sold in such a store.

Animated View: Arcadia General Store
This is the beginning of an exhibit about stores in the Arcadia area. In the spring of 2008, this exhibit will be significantly expanded. (2 images, 5 second delay)

Note the suitcase-like object in the background. This is a McCaskey Safe Register used in the Charles P. Matteson store for people who had accounts with the store. For each person with an account at the store, the pages up front would list the person's name alphabetically and identify the person's number. The pages in the back had numbered mouse-trap-like clamps that held each person's unpaid receipts. A person could make a purchase in the store and charge it to an account, which would add a receipt for that purchase. When someone got paid, they would come to the store and buy back their unpaid receipts.

McCaskey Safe Register
These pages list the people with store accounts and their numbers. Pages in the back with numbered clips held each person's unpaid receipts. These receipts could be locked up when not in use.

Didrickson Drugs Stuffed Deer
Charlie Didrickson, owner of Didrickson Drugs in Frankfort, took this buck in the late 1940s in the Benzie area. The deer became a fixture in the drug store and was often dressed for Halloween, Christmas, etc. (Click here for a close-up view of the photo below the deer.)