Friday, June 3, 2022
A GFE "field trip" sponsored by the GFE Men's Club took us to the
American Treasure Tour Museum, a wonderland of American treasures in Oaks, PA. Items were collected by an anonymous person who is still adding treasures.
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The Acts bus driver, Ken, brought us right to the door of the museum |
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The entrance to the American Treasure Tour Museum, which is not easy to find in the former B F Goodrich factory |
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Photo op with Tamiko at the elevator (KSS) |
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Kent with the Blues Brothers at the gift shop |
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Our group of ten residents started with the guided tram tour |
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We were greeted by this gorilla |
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Hershey's Tom Brady? (KSS) |
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The Tin Man from Oz (KSS) |
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One of several circus wagons containing automatons (moving mechanical devices originally used in department store windows to attract customers) (KSS) |
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Bumper cars and a wooden roller coaster car |
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Curtis motorized wheelchair (c 1919, by Levitt Luzern Custer in Dayton, OH) |
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1960 Cadillac and 1954 Corvette |
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The tram takes us through a narrow, but busy aisle |
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Costume masks from Collegeville, PA (KSS) |
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Miniature circus (KSS) |
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Hand chairs |
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Remember Erector sets? (KSS) |
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Giant Walkman radio (KSS) |
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The world's largest Slinky with automatons and band organs (a couple in operation) along the wall |
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The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes this castle as the tallest popsicle stick structure (2009, by Stephen Guman of CT) in the world (KSS) |
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A Wurlitzer band organ and clown collection (KSS) |
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Part of the Lit Brothers' Philadelphia department store Christmas display (KSS) |
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Christmas, um, stuff! |
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Giant Peeps and lots of bunnies |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the only donation to the museum, in memory of Irene Higgins |
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The Simpsons (KSS) |
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The Cobi circle bicycle (KSS) |
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Motorized model airplanes, Chinese parade dragon, illuminated company signs, etc, etc (KSS) |
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Papier-mâché figures from Mardi Gras floats in New Orleans |
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The world's largest Gumby |
Wurlitzer Band Organ music: