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I knew this could not be a coincidence. Since Mr. Lightner had passed away in 1950, I guessed he had not gotten the alligator idea from reading my blog. Maybe the present curators of the museum had read my blog and thought, "What a great idea - let's get that old stuffed alligator out of the basement and hang him on the ceiling". I knew I should have copyrighted my blog!
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Here is my favorite item from Mr. Lightner's collection. What American home in the Gilded Age would be complete without a colorful ceramic mandrill?
Apparently, the crocodile on the ceiling was a common leitmotif of Wunderkammer or Cabinets of Curiosities in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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There is a book by Lawrence Weschler about Cabinets of wonder. The Stae House in Hartford, CT has a similar cabinet of curiosities display in its own room on the second floor.
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