For our annual December lecture, Gerald Ghidiu will present a slide show entitled “Toy Trains Under the Tree: A Look Back”. He will examine the how, when, where and why toy trains came to be operated on a setup under the tree, with an emphasis on how New York State was a key component of this history.
Gerald is a member of N-AHS and lives in Newark. He has been a member of the Train Collectors Assoc. since 1988, and the Ives Toy Train Society since 2004.
The lecture will be held at the museum on Thursday, Dec. 14 at 7:00 p.m.
We hope to see you!
Describing her program Cindy said: “Dick, Jane, their family, friends and pets were part of growing up for over 85 million people who learned to read from the 1930s through the 1960s. They remain just about the only characters in the history of American primary education whose names have become household words. The primers that made these characters familiar to almost everyone have come to represent mid-century American culture, as well as collectors’ items. The program will be a nostalgic look at the history of these classic readers through the years, illustrated through the presenter’s collection of original books from the first published Dick and Jane primer in 1930 to the last multi-ethnic edition in 1965.”