A period Bible and Book of Mormon:
The Palmyra Bookstore (this would have been the place to not only buy the Book of Mormon, but also any other literature of the day):
This plaque was on the counter:
Heading up the stairs to view the rest of the building!
A few pages of the Book of Mormon manuscript:
The Printing Room:
(Mr. Grandin placed the Printing Room on the 3rd floor because it was the one with the most light, as you can see by this next picture:)
A sweet senior missionary guide explained to us that in the 1800's, they used a pully system, such as this one, to bring materials into the building...
...from the cellar below (the materials having been brought there from the very nearby canal, on which they were shipped).
It was really interesting to learn about the entire process for making these first editions of the Book of Mormon--from printing to binding to the finishing touches of even painting gold letters on the cover. And to understand how much the Book of Mormon meant to the Saints--that they'd spend 2 days worth of wages on it. Definitely a tour worth seeing...and seeing again!
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