on the walls , hanging from the railings , and displayed on shelves and tables scattered throughout the room was an eclectic mix of americana from the late nineteenth century and early twentiethantique quilts , a metal esso sign from a crossroads gas station , a bull durham tobacco poster , a display of soda-pop bottles , a wooden pitchfork , a hand-crank coffee mill , a stack of saturday evening post magazines , an old stand-up radio in its ornate wood cabinet , an empty pickle barrel .