{"id":11600,"date":"2013-04-01T03:28:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T10:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=11600"},"modified":"2013-04-01T03:29:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T10:29:50","slug":"largest-antique-center-in-california-has-wow-and-everything-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/largest-antique-center-in-california-has-wow-and-everything-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest Antique Center in California Has Wow and Everything Else"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/kingricha.jpg\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By C. MacDonald<\/p>\n<p>Whittier, Ca&#8211;What do a 22-foot long hotel bar, a milkshake-maker, a Shirley Temple Doll and the actual clothes Eddie Munster wore on his hit TV series have in common?<\/p>\n<p>They all can be seen at Chuck and Martha Garcera&#8217;s astonishing museum of antiques, collectibles and souvenirs from the past, better known as King Richard&#8217;s Antique Mall. The largest business of its kind in California is housed in a beautiful 47,000-square-foot former citrus packing house, built 110 years ago.\u00a0The incredible place is not only an exciting museum with free admission but its nostalgic exhibits&#8211;supplied by more than 160 vendors&#8211;are for sale. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/shopping\/whittier-king-richards-antiques.html\">Read more&#8230;<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plan your trip:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four stories of treasures free to see<\/li>\n<li>Restaurant next door serves sandwiches, salads, beverages<\/li>\n<li>Open daily, call: 562-698-5974. \u00a0kingrichardsantiques.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What to see: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Munsters Store, featuring items from the hit 1960s TV show, including outfits Actor Butch Patrick (Eddie) wore&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li>Stained glass, candy vending machine, slot machines, room dividers, metal signs, and so very, very much more&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Jeweler, Clock Repair, a College of Appraisers and clean Rest Rooms&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By C. MacDonald Whittier, Ca&#8211;What do a 22-foot long hotel bar, a milkshake-maker, a Shirley Temple Doll and the actual clothes Eddie Munster wore on his hit TV series have in common? They all can be seen at Chuck and Martha Garcera&#8217;s astonishing museum of antiques, collectibles and souvenirs from the past, better known as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11600"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}