Sunday, September 13, 2009

Harold Bell Wright Festival

Harold Bell Wright Festival
My DH and I went out and about last Saturday looking for something to do I stumbled across a little festival in Hollister, Mo. So camera in hand I took pictures of the handy work and crafts of days gone by.......
Display of 1920's items
these are a display of 1920's items
an old Victrola
Look at this old Victrola - beautiful

Rail road tools
My husband says these are old railroad tools
More tools
More tools!
Lady in front of car
The lady infront of "Cuddles" Is Nancy Ford. She is an expert in 1920's womens fashion as well as the womens lib act of the 20's. Nancy too is a pioneer of womens lib; she was the first woman to receive a wife initiated divorce. This was in 1973! Prior to her case only the husband was allowed to file. ( Nancy nor I advocate divorce but after hearing her story i can understand why she filed.)
Front seat of car
Cuddles is a 1927 model Pontiac made by the Oakland Motor Car Company. Her body made by the Fisher Body Company, is sheet metal nailed onto a wooden carriage.
Back seat
The seats are wraparound buggy seats with luxurious mohair upholstery, thus her name, "Cuddles."
engine
The fuel is supplied by a Stewart Warner vacuum-gravity system and the gas gauge is a cork in the tank.

Trundle Foot scrool saw
this man made this himself it is completely made of wood except the saw blade
piece on scrool saw
see the detail.
Finised project
this is one of his finished projects so beautiful.
We really enjoyed seeing all of the old time crafts. True craftsmanship.

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