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if you have the time... these articles seem to capture the spirit of Stoneage!
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WAR CANNONS AND WAGON WHEELS WAIT TO BE DISCOVERED AT THIS DUSTY PLACE
By JO WERNE
Herald Home Furnishings Writer
You may never need an iron cannon from a 1720 Spanish war
ship, but don't you sleep better knowing such a thing can be found in South Florida?
Around
15 cannons are scattered about Stone Age Antiques, an out-of-the way place on the Miami River that
stocks hard-to-find items, from military memorabilia to farm implements. A cannon can be yours for
$1,500 to $2,500.
Cannons comprise just some of the nautical memorabilia owner Gary Stone has
bought and sold over the last 30 years. Stacks of railroad, military, African, Latin American and
antique ``stuff'' are piled to the ceiling in this sprawling emporium.
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BOOTY FROM THE PAST....
SLEIGH BELLS, EVEN SHIPS' WHEELS FIND HOME ON THE RIVER
LYDIA MARTIN Herald Staff Writer
In a rustic, weathered, shanty-like storefront on the Miami River, Milton Stone deals in the past.
He is lord over 10,000 square feet of old ships' wheels and lanterns and portholes and anchors, not
to mention sleigh bells and carriages.
Stone's antique shop is an unorganized, rambling museum
of nautical and landlubber relics.
To see everything, you have to weave through a dimly
lighted maze of polished brass, teak and bronze. To find what you want, you have to search in earnest,
because things lay piled one on top of another or hang from crowded rafters.
Stone Age Antiques,
at 3260 NW South River Dr., is a feast for the eyes. The store's three rooms are like a huge treasure
chest filled with the booty of the past.
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