1898 Wedding Gift
Dec. 27, 1898—This wood and brass table is a wedding gift given to John A. and Anna Carl (McDonald) Gunn from their friend, Moses Fell Dunn. It was donated to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Gunn’s daughter, Craigie Gunn.
Once the Gunn family home.
1212 15th Street, Bedford, Ind.—In 1910, John and Anna Gunn, their daughters Helen, and Margaret (Craigie), and their cook, Emma Schofield were living in this house. The house pictured above looked very colorful about 100 years later, circa 2015.
Moses Fell Dunn is pictured at right.
Famous Clothing House: The Gunn family business is shown at top right. The clothing palace sold the latest fashion for gentlemen and women. It was located on the south side of the public square. The sculpture atop the peak of the building is on display in the museum first floor gallery. John Gunn’s childhood home (above left) in Springville was later used as Springville School.