Potter's Wax Museum - The Nation's Oldest Wax Museum

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  • @TheCarpetbagger
    @TheCarpetbagger  5 років тому +83

    Yep! I made a huge mistake in mistaking Will Rogers for Roy Rogers. In my defense they are both cowboys named Rogers. What is more surprising is how few people called me out for accidentally calling Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon Dynamite”.

    • @Yes-gz9rx
      @Yes-gz9rx 5 років тому +1

      Who is joe?

    • @apriljewell7450
      @apriljewell7450 5 років тому +2

      lol thats awesome! Love your videos Jacob!!!

    • @kathyeubanks5524
      @kathyeubanks5524 5 років тому +3

      The Carpetbagger Please, God! It’s Josephine ‘too- sew’, not ‘too- sawed’.

    • @jack2breeze
      @jack2breeze 5 років тому +8

      i thought you said Dynamite as a joke.

    • @pinkhare4344
      @pinkhare4344 5 років тому +1

      Goodness. We understand!

  • @nbayoungboyneverbrokeagain6520
    @nbayoungboyneverbrokeagain6520 5 років тому +21

    Florence Nightingale is one of my great aunts on my dad’s side. Awesome!

    • @saguaro2231
      @saguaro2231 5 років тому +2

      wow!! an amazing woman of her time....and more times

  • @jimbear62
    @jimbear62 5 років тому +8

    When the museum was on the corner of Aviles & King St.
    The artist used to sculpt figures in the front window

  • @kathywoodrum7044
    @kathywoodrum7044 5 років тому +15

    Love your dry sense of humor as you take us along tour.

  • @RhettyforHistory
    @RhettyforHistory 5 років тому +59

    Will Rogers' horse was not Trigger. You got him mixed up with Roy Rogers. Easy mistake to make. Both were iconic though. Hard to say who was more but I might lean more towards Will Rogers.

    • @conniecrawford5231
      @conniecrawford5231 5 років тому +4

      RhettyforFun As an adult, Will Rogers’ favorite horse was named Soapsuds - as a child, his favorite was Comanche. He had other lesser- known horses as an adult.

    • @conniecrawford5231
      @conniecrawford5231 5 років тому +2

      Jon R. The Rogers also had their German Shepherd Dog, Bullet, and Buttermilk, Dale’s horse, mounted ( they are not “ stuffed”) - all 3 were on display at their Victorville museum and then at the Branson museum. The TV station that bought Trigger at about croon also bought Bullet and perhaps Buttermilk.

    • @FlamingoKicker
      @FlamingoKicker 5 років тому +2

      Sometimes I think Jacob just makes some of these funny "bloopers" to see if anyone is watching cause there is nothing Internet people love more than correcting mistakes. LOL

    • @elchoya8770
      @elchoya8770 4 роки тому

      will rogers horse was named buttercup.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory 4 роки тому

      @@FlamingoKicker It's a good tactic!😉

  • @midnightdemon2112
    @midnightdemon2112 4 роки тому +1

    I just randomly found you and now im addicted to watching these videos

  • @PaganWizard
    @PaganWizard 5 років тому +11

    Most of these pieces are absolutely amazing, but then there is the rare piece like Princess Dianna which IMHO looks nothing at all like her.

  • @joedunbarjr
    @joedunbarjr 5 років тому +2

    Roy Rogers Trigger the Wonder Horse is located in a building across from the Branson Museum in the state of Missouri.
    At this time the building is not open to the public, not sure if or when it might open.

    • @applevalleyhillbillygarden1093
      @applevalleyhillbillygarden1093 5 років тому

      Someone that stopped here told me Trigger is now back on display at the RFD-TV headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.

    • @joedunbarjr
      @joedunbarjr 5 років тому

      @@applevalleyhillbillygarden1093 that is news to me, thanks for the update !!!

  • @spartanumismatics8165
    @spartanumismatics8165 5 років тому +36

    Teddy was the best roosevelt

  • @stevesworldofwanders
    @stevesworldofwanders 5 років тому +5

    I like those trivia signs. Cool vintage look/font.

  • @snarkus63
    @snarkus63 5 років тому +6

    I've only been to Potter's once...sometime during the 80's,on a family trip to St. Augustine. As I recall,except for a figure of Elvis in an iconic spangled jumpsuit,the museum was all historical figures. While I still have the brochure from back then,the pictures I took then....like every other photo I took prior to the late 80's...have mysteriously vanished.

  • @meganpeveich8407
    @meganpeveich8407 5 років тому +15

    “Hold onto your children and pregnant ladies...” 😂

  • @elizabethanntarter
    @elizabethanntarter 5 років тому +7

    Are you still here?! I live in town! You should go on the historic ghost tours. Definitely check out the Spanish hospital too. It’s not far from the city square.

  • @Babyashcat
    @Babyashcat 5 років тому +2

    I live 30 minutes away from there and it’s one of my favorites in the town . I love going to walk around the town and eat ice cream

  • @OldMovieRob
    @OldMovieRob 5 років тому +1

    Great to see you back in a wax museum Jacob! The past wax museum visits you've done are some of my favorites

  • @aiferapple1246
    @aiferapple1246 5 років тому +9

    I laugh now every time you make a bee-line to the smashed penny machine LOL

    • @BennyLlama39
      @BennyLlama39 5 років тому +3

      Good opportunity to segue into a free plug for your own merch. 😀

    • @callmeturg
      @callmeturg 4 роки тому

      @@BennyLlama39 did you mean Segway?

  • @joesmith-gc7wq
    @joesmith-gc7wq 4 роки тому

    Such a Good Video. I really enjoy that you stop and take the time to let us see what your seeing. You don't rush through and I really appreciate that. I could watch your video's all day long. Thanks Liz from California

  • @TheJennyWalaShow
    @TheJennyWalaShow 5 років тому +8

    That's a cool wax museum.

  • @taylorpackwood5207
    @taylorpackwood5207 5 років тому +30

    “Napoleon Dynamite” 🙈

  • @samuelbrito571
    @samuelbrito571 5 років тому +1

    Dear Carpetbagger. At the 28th second of the video, notice the green trolley in the background. That trolley driver is me. You couldnt hear me because you was busy talking to the camera (which is ok of course), but I was talking about you right there and then to my trolley guests. Yes! I recognized you when I saw you standing in front of Burger Buckets restaurant next to the Potters Wax Museum. I even pointed at you. I spoke real loud in hopes that you would hear me. I said to my trolley guests "omg folks. To my right is one of my favorite youtubers. His name is Jacob. His UA-cam channel is called Carpetbagger. He goes all around the nation to all sorts of strange,curious,unique spots, roadside spots,etc. I love his videos". Yeah dude!! It was awesome. I wish you heard me and pointed the camera at me! :)
    Let me know next time you're in town. I can get you in most of the attractions for free here in St. Augustine so that you can make more videos. :)

  • @Perrosiutico
    @Perrosiutico 3 роки тому

    In 1966 I was the youngest guide (17) who ever worked at Potter's Wax Museum. I gave several tours daily, commenting on the lives of between 250 and 300 historical figures.

  • @racheyrach_rach3548
    @racheyrach_rach3548 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for the vid! Would enjoy seeing you explore museums in other countries such as the UK, France and Spain if you ever get the opportunity to. Would be interesting to see your take on the older aspects of history and other cultures. Keep up the good work! Xx

  • @Oneofthegirlsofhere
    @Oneofthegirlsofhere 5 років тому

    I love St. Augustine. I’ve passed the wax museum a lot. We have a trip planned in the near future. I will definitely go on this trip. I’m a wax museum enthusiast. Thanks for the tour! I was fortunate to have toured Rock Circus in London while it was still open. A few videos of it are on UA-cam.

  • @amberjones9520
    @amberjones9520 5 років тому

    I live in St Augustine and have been to this Museum several times. Its always been a great and fun experience.

  • @grfeld84
    @grfeld84 5 років тому +13

    Roy Rodgers's horse was Trigger! Not Will Rodgers! lol

  • @jeenkzk5919
    @jeenkzk5919 5 років тому +2

    You’re not going to find Will Rogers horse Trigger because he didn’t have one. Now, Roy Rogers did! Will Rogers is a legend here in Ft Worth! My favorite Roosevelt is Teddy! Not a fan of the other. Either way, I love hearing your commentary when you go to wax museums! Especially since everything is off the cuff!

  • @Bigdanok
    @Bigdanok 5 років тому

    You do a tremendous job. Love your almost daily surprises. Even your mistakes are part of what makes you great! Keep up the wonderful work.

  • @internetkurator9256
    @internetkurator9256 5 років тому +13

    Michelangelo: One of Europe's most influential Renaissance artists, imortal for his work at the Sixtine Chapel and the incredible beautiful marble statues he created...
    USA: Look it's the guy who inspired the Ninja Turtles! Kawabunga!
    :-D I LOVE you guys! You are so much fun, to say per se.

    • @danieldietrich9969
      @danieldietrich9969 5 років тому

      Internet Kurator It's Sistine Chapel

    • @internetkurator9256
      @internetkurator9256 5 років тому

      @@danieldietrich9969 It is named after Pope Sixtus IV ( paradox name), so in German it is written in the Latin inspired form. In modern Italian they say indeed "s", sorry I should have checked the official English spelling.

  • @Damami4U
    @Damami4U 4 роки тому

    I absolutely love your channel. Just the right amount if talking. An you learn alil as well. Binge watching of course.

  • @kristyburgess9847
    @kristyburgess9847 4 роки тому +1

    And here we have Napoleon Dynomite. I can't stop laughing 😂

  • @moonlightwite
    @moonlightwite 4 роки тому

    I'm really impressed by the quality of most of the figures at this place. Some of the wax museums you've been to have multiple "off" or outright weird looking figures, but the ones here are really good aside from poor Princess Diana and a couple of others.

  • @fairygrammy
    @fairygrammy 5 років тому

    I use to like wax museums until I was scared half to death as child in one. I've tried going through them since then, but, I'm freaked out waiting for that live person to talk to me or something. I make my husband go first...LOL
    Had fun viewing the wax museum, from a safe distance...Haha! ☺☺👍🧚🏼‍♀️

  • @medicatedmenorah
    @medicatedmenorah 3 роки тому

    I related to Will Rogers on my father’s side through adoption. My paternal grandfather was adopted, but still really cool.

  • @missagente8100
    @missagente8100 4 роки тому

    Ever since this whole COVID-19 madness began, I've had to be an armchair traveler; your videos are awesome! I'd love to see these places in real life someday.

  • @lizlocher3612
    @lizlocher3612 2 роки тому

    I did not know there was a statute of limitations on hanging. Good info!!!!That Captain Marta story was too creepy as well!!!!

  • @dianebenzler9133
    @dianebenzler9133 4 роки тому

    My late Aunt Elsie live just above Saint Augustine, in a little town known as Crestview!

  • @lizlocher3612
    @lizlocher3612 2 роки тому

    A gentle correction, will Rogers was not the cow boy that had the horse called Trigger - that was Roy Rogers another cowboy from the movies. Will Rogers was a country style philosopher and humourist. Roy Rogers that had Trigger the horse was the singing cowboy with he is wife Dale Evans!

  • @englishatheart
    @englishatheart 5 років тому +14

    "Hanged/Hung" is like "lay/lie." When someone is hanged, it's always "hanged," never "hung." Objects are hung, people are hanged. Same with lay/lie. "Lay" means to place an object on a surface. "Lie" means to recline.

    • @juliagraham-lemon775
      @juliagraham-lemon775 4 роки тому +2

      Christine C. That bugs me too.

    • @kebcarter4752
      @kebcarter4752 10 місяців тому

      Good of you to point out as the misuse needs correction.
      Here's one that I have a problem with: pleaded, pled. It's pleaded.

  • @valg4510
    @valg4510 5 років тому +1

    You ever plan on visiting Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah? There is a famous grave of Little Gracie Watson and Johnny Mercer

  • @loumenotti9038
    @loumenotti9038 5 років тому

    Trigger is at the Will Rodgers and Dale Evans Museum in Victorville, CA.

  • @DanielRiddleII
    @DanielRiddleII 5 років тому +1

    At some point, a 24-ft (7 m) replica of a rearing Trigger was produced to sit atop the Roy Rogers Museum in Victorville. The 1,300-lb (600 kg) replica could be seen from the freeway and served as a landmark until the museum closed and moved to Branson. When the fiberglass replica of Trigger was being made, Rogers was approached by the owners of the Denver Broncos. Rogers allowed another statue to be made and then broke the mold. "Bucky the Bronco", Trigger's twin, stands above the south scoreboard of the Denver Broncos' stadium.[7]
    After the closing of the Victorville museum in 2009, its contents were placed at public auction on July 14-15, 2010, at Christie's auction house in New York City.[8] Trigger's preserved taxidermy remains sold for $266,500 to television channel RFD-TV, which plans to start a Western museum.[9] Bob Tinsley, a Victorville developer who had built Roy Rogers' home in nearby Apple Valley, bought the fiberglass replica in April 2010. Tinsley's plan is to make the statue a part of historic Apple Valley Village. He explained, "I just couldn't see letting him go anywhere else."[

  • @anneterri8960
    @anneterri8960 4 роки тому

    Being a huge fan of wax museums, I enjoyed your tour.

  • @hopehayes7131
    @hopehayes7131 5 років тому

    I'm really happy this video came up in my recommended. I love wax museums! I collect and trade postcards, and I have a really great little collection of vintage postcards from defunct wax museums. I saw your video of the Louis Tussaud's museum in Dallas and went there a year ago. Subscribed now :)

  • @thequieterubcomethemoreuhe1198
    @thequieterubcomethemoreuhe1198 5 років тому

    Thank you for sharing these places because you allow me to visit places that I don't have the opportunity to visit!

  • @newmanoutdoors1564
    @newmanoutdoors1564 5 років тому +1

    They look so life like .

  • @Bobert27
    @Bobert27 3 роки тому

    I remember wanting to go there. never got to get to see it though, until now

  • @frankmadison2901
    @frankmadison2901 5 років тому +6

    Will Rogers famous line, never met a man I didn’t like. Had nothing to do with Roy Rogers horse trigger

  • @scottcamp7385
    @scottcamp7385 5 років тому

    The Delta Music Museum in the downtown historic district, Ferriday, Lousiana. You can put it on your to-do list...if you haven't already

  • @Frankie343
    @Frankie343 5 років тому +2

    Good one Jacob 😎👍🏻

  • @pinkhare4344
    @pinkhare4344 5 років тому

    Thanks for this tour! I loved it. I’m 52. The only place I’ve been in my whole life is Gatlinburg Tn. And remember going in a wax museum,,I was probably 8 or something,,really can’t remember,,,but it’s sad that that is the only place I’ve been lol!

  • @matadorlowlids8180
    @matadorlowlids8180 5 років тому +1

    Along with Roy Rodgers silver dollar Cadillac and taxidermy horse can be found in Victorville California.....your welcome....Peace n Puff

  • @OtterSara
    @OtterSara 5 років тому +1

    I loved this wax museum. It was positively old fashioned. Would much prefer visiting this than MadameTussaud's in London.

  • @briansalway8574
    @briansalway8574 5 років тому +14

    It would be cool if they did like a wax figures of UA-cam

  • @kellireeves4527
    @kellireeves4527 5 років тому

    So when I was about 11 my folks took me to Potter's for my birthday since we lived so close to St. Augustine,us being in Jacksonville.It was the first location Potter's ever resided in,which was huge and quite elaborate.We were the only people in there that day looking around,when a thunderstorm blew up and prompted a power outage.It was 1980 and it was such a deliciously creepy moment.I wouldn't have missed it for the world.My mother,however,would probably disagree.(The employees came with flashlights and escorted us to the exit,with complimentary passes for next visit,they weren't going to let us become the next exhibit...)

  • @melodygodbey3092
    @melodygodbey3092 5 років тому

    Thanks again for the wonderful videos you do ........I would never be able to do what you do for all of us.......your awesome ....

  • @michaelcorrigan6577
    @michaelcorrigan6577 5 років тому

    Dude I love that you're at St Augustine. You're in my area again! Love it.

  • @robylove9190
    @robylove9190 5 років тому +1

    Trigger was Roy Rogers' horse. Will Rogers' horse was soapsuds.

  • @lizlocher3612
    @lizlocher3612 2 роки тому

    I just heard the Napoleon dynamite faux pas!!! That was funny!!! You got Josephine Bonaparte correct though!!! Attaboy, Carpetbagger!!!!

  • @rainaroden2942
    @rainaroden2942 3 роки тому

    😂 I love that you called him Napoleon DYNAMITE!

  • @bodaggit7991
    @bodaggit7991 4 роки тому

    Those wax figures always freaked me out in real life. Disney and old type history museums.

  • @tineivarsson2481
    @tineivarsson2481 4 роки тому

    That was that a gnarly looking Princess Diana!

  • @reneeryan4451
    @reneeryan4451 5 років тому

    Hey Carpetbagger! You're in my town! I live in St Augustine and love the downtown area but it has gotten so overcrowded in the last few years so most locals don't spend a lot of time there.

  • @jeffbaxter8770
    @jeffbaxter8770 5 років тому

    Very good show. Thanks for more in-depth views if items on display. Some likenesses are bril while others not so much. Thanks. Frm south africa.

  • @kathywoodrum7044
    @kathywoodrum7044 5 років тому +1

    Now you have me wondering where "Trigger" has gone. Hard to misplace a horse. Do you know why it was sold, in the first place? I think that could be a Carpetbagger adventure/journey., for the future?

    • @applevalleyhillbillygarden1093
      @applevalleyhillbillygarden1093 5 років тому

      The Roy and Dale museum was closed due to low turnout. Some tourist that stopped at our place told me Trigger is now on display at the RFD-TV headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.

    • @kathywoodrum7044
      @kathywoodrum7044 5 років тому

      @@applevalleyhillbillygarden1093 hi, thank you so much for answering. That's a shame it had to close due to lack of interest. I remember watching the B/W series on tv. Thank for letting me know where "Trigger" is located. Do you know if people can go there to see Trigger?

  • @deniseboldea1624
    @deniseboldea1624 5 років тому +11

    Teddy was more of a badass than his cousin.

  • @karanferrell6869
    @karanferrell6869 5 років тому

    Love the detail in the faces!

  • @ElvisPresIey
    @ElvisPresIey 3 роки тому

    “Here we have Britney.. leave her alone I guess.” I laughed at that

  • @feyfantome
    @feyfantome 5 років тому +3

    That’s not Kramer, that’s Chevy Chase in his iconic Clark Griswold role from “Christmas Vacation”

    • @jimbear62
      @jimbear62 5 років тому

      It is Kramer..... When I lived in St. Augustine, I watched it being made

  • @MissouriPenny
    @MissouriPenny 2 роки тому

    Love love the wax museums. Thanks 😊

  • @kathywoodrum7044
    @kathywoodrum7044 5 років тому

    I am still amazed on how well your camera works, in the low light.

  • @ogphantom2940
    @ogphantom2940 5 років тому

    sweet!! love wax musames from a far! they look to real in person lol ! man Jacob you got it made traveling and seeing all these amazing things!!

  • @leilawaterman12345
    @leilawaterman12345 5 років тому

    The real taxidermied horse Trigger is at the Roy Rogers Dale Evans Museum in Victorville, CA

  • @Serene_Hope03
    @Serene_Hope03 4 роки тому

    I share the same birthday as Orville Wright, I find that really cool 😁

  • @colleenwoods7590
    @colleenwoods7590 5 років тому

    I really wish a museum would have an "Old Hollywood" section where we could see Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Whole groups like "I Love Lucy" cast. I went to Universal and they had a few. But displays weren't very imaginative.

  • @Queenmom2795
    @Queenmom2795 4 роки тому

    Trigger, is located in Branson, MS now!

  • @sk8rpunkbarbie
    @sk8rpunkbarbie 5 років тому

    Louis tussauds in the uk is owned and operated by Merlin who operate a lot of the major theme parks here

  • @elizabethdavis1974
    @elizabethdavis1974 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much for sharing this 😌

  • @YouDontKnowAsMuchAsYouThinkUDo
    @YouDontKnowAsMuchAsYouThinkUDo 3 роки тому +1

    When you said Stalin was fighting with the good guys, I swear Hitler gave you dirty look. Check it out lol. 😳😆

  • @robbiemcateer4422
    @robbiemcateer4422 4 роки тому

    You are awsome thank you for showing us were was that again p

  • @Professor_Taiga-Vanguard
    @Professor_Taiga-Vanguard 4 роки тому

    The rooservelts are my two top presidents, followed by Ike Eisenhower. i couldn't possibly choose between them.

  • @vphil09
    @vphil09 4 роки тому

    4:43 and if you want a flattened quarter, just stop by the railroad tracks

  • @MissouriPenny
    @MissouriPenny 2 роки тому

    Enjoyed replay 😍 thanks 😊

  • @mayagormly9275
    @mayagormly9275 4 роки тому

    Best roosevelt will always be Eleanor! Ur hilarious btw!

  • @katewakelam4256
    @katewakelam4256 4 роки тому

    Aww it's ok carpetbagger 😊

  • @beckylg8176
    @beckylg8176 5 років тому +2

    Was that a trolly tour I saw in the beginning of the intro? I love trolly tours.

    • @nhull55
      @nhull55 5 років тому +2

      They have a couple different jump on and off trolley tours. Really nice tours!

    • @conniecrawford5231
      @conniecrawford5231 5 років тому

      There’s also the old Conch Train tour in Key West.!

  • @feyfantome
    @feyfantome 5 років тому

    Roy Rogers, who’s wife was Dale Evans, is the one who had Trigger. They were movie and early TV western celebrities in the 40’s & 50’s. Will Rogers was a bit earlier, no relation. He traveled the national circuit as more of a pundit and cowboy performer, I believe he died in a train accident or something similarly sudden and unexpected, somewhere around 1920. I’ve seen Trigger back in the 80’s when the RR&DE Museum was located in the high desert of San Bernardino County.

  • @poliknoy
    @poliknoy 5 років тому

    I went here about 10 years ago at the previous location and while I was there a wax figure out of nowhere fell to the ground. It was so random and nobody had touched it so I think it was a gHOST!!! Lol

  • @kathywoodrum7044
    @kathywoodrum7044 5 років тому +1

    Good morning. I would pick Teddy Roosevelt as my favorite of the two.

  • @jennasanders4211
    @jennasanders4211 5 років тому

    I love watching your channel jacob. Liverpool uk.👍

  • @francispotter5300
    @francispotter5300 5 років тому

    Thanks the potters in Ga

  • @caroleroseburgh1344
    @caroleroseburgh1344 5 років тому

    Hi Jacob, thanks so much for sharing.😃🖐🏼 I like Teddy Roosevelt better. just because I thought he was CUTE‼️😂🤣😆❤️♥️💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙❣️

  • @kathywoodrum7044
    @kathywoodrum7044 5 років тому

    I like your camera. Not sure what you use. It does a fantastic job in low light. See all the small details.

  • @lizlocher3612
    @lizlocher3612 2 роки тому

    Napoleon dynamite was a movie, to your justification!!!

  • @doloresvargas6450
    @doloresvargas6450 5 років тому +1

    Beethoven is my favorite classical composer.Tony has spoken.

  • @billshoemake248
    @billshoemake248 5 років тому +5

    The one you didn't know was Jimmy Durante

  • @HeidiDepp1989
    @HeidiDepp1989 5 років тому

    Teddy Roosevelt is my favourite :) I'm British and don't know much about your presidents but have ways admired Teddy - so much so, my husband and I are going to name our baby after him :)

    • @jagllane
      @jagllane 4 роки тому

      HeidiDepp1989 ..... why

  • @pika23
    @pika23 5 років тому +12

    Davey Crocket was kinda cute...I'm serious

  • @joannkripper9990
    @joannkripper9990 5 років тому

    I just found your sight..I have seen you with other vloggers , but I’m liking your voice and delivery much better..please, please do not mention the monorail if you go to Disney..lol.. enjoyed this very much..👍

  • @jdracer111
    @jdracer111 5 років тому

    Been there before. Someone working there told me only about 1/2 are actually wax figures.

  • @JamesScott-lc8md
    @JamesScott-lc8md 5 років тому

    Very nice replicas, wonder how long it takes to do one of them. Thank you for sharing and enjoy the rest of your week.