—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 23,1978
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Brandywine Christmas
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Barnholtz began his
collection of toys in 1956
when he bought his wife an
antique toy milk wagon. His
wife began doing research
on the toy and found that it
was made by James Fallows
of Philadelphia around 1870.
They soon began adding on
other pieces. The Barenholtz
collection is now regarded as
one of the great collections of
19th century toys in
America.
The collection begins with
early 19th century toys. At
that time, toys were ex
pensive and people created
crude wooden playthings for
their children from
whatever materials were
available. The display in
cludes a rockmg horse which
was stradled by the rider
and propelled by pushing
their feet along the ground.
Also a bentwood rocker,
which had smooth elegant
lines, and a rocking horse
made from a wooden crate.
These velocipedes are
believed to be the forerunner
of the tricycle.
Four Christmas trees
are decorated with
natural ornaments made
from materials gathered
in the woods and fields
along the Brandywine
River. Among the many
figures is a canoe, made
from a pod, being
paddled by a man that is
made from an acorn,
nuts, and seeds.
NOTICE
FOR LOWER COST PER HOUR -
RELY ON LISTER
THE PROVEN DIESEL
Lister Diesel
4 thru 155 h.p. at 1800 rpm
Most models on hand.
Amalie Motor Oil & Greases
Air Compressors
Refrigeration Compressors
1000 gal. Air Pressure Tank
250 lb. pressure approved
Steel Chain Saw
Custom Bilt Liman Katolight
PTO or Diesel drive alternators
Bodmin Nu-Pulse Milking System
Girton Milk Tank - 200-6000 gal
Water Heaters - Milk House Supplies
Sales & Service
BYLER’S DIESEL REFRIGERATION
Star Route, Belleville, PA. 17004
For emergency service needed on
diesel or milk cooling systems -
Call 717-483-6446
or 717-483-6714
or 717-483-6351
Around 1830, through the
introduction of inexpensive
materials, such as sheet tin,
and the advances in
manufacturing techniques,
toys became affordable for
the average family. The first
toys were copied from
European design, but
American manufacturers
quickly changed to their own
original designs, reflecting
the main interest of the day
machinery and tran
sportation.
By 1880, inexpensive clock
works became available
with emphasis on motion.
Horses pranced, dolls
walked, boats could sail and
trams would run on rails or
on the floor.
During the last years of
the 19th century, clock work
toys were being
replaced with the more
popular and durable cast
iron ones. Although touted
by some as being in
destructable, it is now
difficult to find a complete
cast iron toy. Such toys were
far to heavy to be run by
clock work. Most were
mounted on wheels with the
child supplying the power of
motion.
Pull toys were soon
equipped with crank shafts
to ring bells, or to operate
machinery. The Columbia
Side Wheeler, in the current
exhibit, has a rotating
turret.
Lithograph toys in
troduced art reproductions
into American homes, and
also made toys more colorful
and realistic. Manufacturers
inexpensively made
lithograph by taking a
picture of a subject and
gluing it to a flat or three
dimentional wooden block.
The block was then ground
and the toy was cut out by
following the lines of the
lithograph. Some of the
lithograph toys were
animated by attaching
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This velocipede rocking horse, part of the Bernard Barenholtz collection, is
believed to be one of the forerunners to the tricycle. It is on exhibit at„the
Brandywine River Museum until January 7.
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