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An ‘Endangered’ Artifact Allows a Small Museum to Better Tell Its Story

By Shiloh Aderhold Holley

In the Summer of 2017, a supporter of the Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum notified us that the former First Lady’s original 1904 automobile operator’s permit was for sale on eBay. Shortly after the news spread, an anonymous donor …

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