Harkers museum and movie set

08/25/2024

Wow a moving sidewalk in Paris in 1900

08/25/2024

Thanks to everyone that made it out to Harker’s movie night under the stars ⭐️ 🎥 🎞️ 🍿

08/24/2024

🤠👕👖👗🎥🎞️

Dressing the Part: Custom Old West ClothingLane & Sons: laneandsonsmercantile.square.sitemail/phone: [email protected], via phone at 210-929-4251Karin...

08/20/2024

$5 MOVIE NIGHT at Harkers museum Saturday August 24th - 🍿 GATES OPEN AT 6:30 pm movie starts at 7:30 pm. we have a double feature,first up is Single Minded starring Diane Donato and second movie is The Curse of Cactus Jack starring Glen Gold , James Lovin and Chaz Lee ,$5 per person , beverages and popcorn available. Bring your folding/bag chair and watch some movies outside in a western town with friends. 🎥 🎞️🤠🍿

08/19/2024

08/18/2024

🤠

08/12/2024

Ready to rope in a new week! 🤠 🎞️ 🎥

08/10/2024

When I was a kid…

George Carlin



Harkersmovieset.com

08/08/2024

The Tucson wild bunch film festival come to town soon

08/01/2024

Harkers museum and movie set

07/31/2024

Footage of Belfast 1897

07/31/2024

A film of Broadway in the 1890s

07/31/2024

Filmed in Paris during the 1920s

07/30/2024

New sign went up on the “Lucky Dollar” Saloon this morning at Harker’s Movie Set. 🤠🎥

*Next project for the saloon is to add some faux windows on the second floor with curtains.

07/21/2024

General stores first became popular in the early 19th century as a one-stop shop for villagers and townspeople to buy items they couldn't make or find on their own.

General stores sold a wide variety of items, including groceries, dry goods, to***co, sundries, patent medicines, whiskey, kerosene, meat, and more.
General stores were often the first business in a town. They were a place to shop, socialize and get news. Many had the post office located inside. Some stores had checkerboards for locals to handout and gossip around as well as a hot stove.
This is the general store at Harker’s to the right is a stove along with the post office. 🤠🌵🎥

07/20/2024

A film of New York City in 1911

07/20/2024

What a great idea for a cabin !

07/19/2024

"Whiskey and Guns a Bad Combination"

Art by C. Michael Dudash

07/05/2024

🌅 🤣😆😂

07/04/2024

Happy Independence Day! May the fireworks light up your heart with pride and patriotism. On this July 4th, let's also honor the brave souls who fought for our freedom and continue to protect it every day 🇺🇸 💪🏼

07/03/2024

🤠😂

07/01/2024

Question: What’s with the flowerless vase on the floor in many of the western movies? 😂😂😂 Answer: No those are Spittoons!
Spittoons were actually a common thing in the late 19th century because they were a convenient way for men to dispose of saliva from chewing to***co and spitting. 🤮 They were often found in places, such as saloons, barbershops, railroad stations and offices where they could be used to collect to***co juice from a distance. Spittoons were typically built low to the ground, with a wide mouth or funneled top. Spittoons became a cause for concern in the late 19th century when scientists realized that they could potentially spread diseases, such as tuberculosis.

Inside the Sheriff’s Office at Harker’s


Harkersmovieset.com

06/29/2024

DID YOU KNOW… The game we know as poker ♠️ ♦️ ♣️ ♥️ 🃏 is believed to have ancient roots that go back nearly 1,000 years, crossing several continents and cultures. Some historians say poker’s origins can be traced to a domino-card game played by a 10th-century Chinese emperor; others claim it is a descendant of the Persian card game “As Nas,” which dates back to the 16th century.

Poker’s closest European predecessor was Poque, which caught on in France in the 17th century. Poque and its German equivalent, pochen, were both based on the 16th-century Spanish game primero, which featured three cards dealt to each player and bluffing (or betting high on poor cards) as a key part of the game. French colonists brought Poque to their settlements in North America, including New Orleans and the surrounding area, which became part of the United States thanks to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. English-speaking settlers in the region Anglicized Poque to poker and adopted features of the modern game, including five cards for each player and (by 1834) a 52-card deck.

From there, poker spread up the Mississippi River and throughout the country, thanks in part to its popularity among crews of riverboats transporting goods via that great waterway. Soldiers in both the North and South played poker during the Civil War, and it became a staple of Wild West saloons in frontier settlements in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1871 the game was introduced to Europe after Queen Victoria heard the U.S. minister to Great Britain explaining the game to members of her court and asked him for the rules.

More general acceptance of poker in Europe occurred several decades later, largely thanks to the influence of American soldiers during World War I. Over time, different games have dominated among poker players, including five-card draw, seven-card stud and—most recently—Texas Hold’em, which began its rise to dominance in the 1970s when it became the featured game in the World Series of Poker, the game’s leading annual competition.

Inside the Lucky Dollar Saloon at Harker’s

06/26/2024

Western Movie Photo: McClintock! John Wayne (as George Washington "G.W." McLintock) and Maureen O'Hara (as Katherine McLintock) in a publicity photo.

06/25/2024

Yesterday Harker’s Movie Set received some great prop items to help with dressing and staging our set. Thank you Cheryle Clawson for the donations from your late husband ♥️ The curtains, throw rugs, whiskey bottles and rack will definitely be put to use! OH and the cool stuffed fish who has already found its home in the Vittles Skins Taxidermy building 😊🐠 Thanks again!! 🤠♥️🎥
If anyone else has stuff you can message us on our website at harkersmovieset.com

Donnatella 🤠🎥