Former displays in the Museum included a lock of Poe's hair, a small piece of Poe's coffin, some original china that once belonged to John Allan (Poe's guardian after Eliza Poe's death), and a large reproduction of the portrait of Virginia Clemm painted after her death as well as many other Poe-related images. An original 1849 obituary by Rufus Griswold in the October 24, 1849 edition of the "Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper" was also displayed along with a reprint of Poe's original announcement for the creation of a new literary magazine to be called "The Stylus" — an endeavor that never came to fruition.