Wolcott House ready for the holidays

11/18/2010
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    SLUG: CTY toys24p 11/18/2010 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Maumee, Ohio CAPTION: Curator Marilyn Wendler adjusts the real horse hair on a rocking horse from about 1899 or 1900 on opening day for the Joys and Toys of Christmas Past at the Wolcott House Museum on November 18, 2010.

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    • SLUG: CTY toys24p 11/18/2010 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Maumee, Ohio CAPTION: Curator Marilyn Wendler adjusts the real horse hair on a rocking horse from about 1899 or 1900 on opening day for the Joys and Toys of Christmas Past at the Wolcott House Museum on November 18, 2010.
    SLUG: CTY toys24p 11/18/2010 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Maumee, Ohio CAPTION: Curator Marilyn Wendler adjusts the real horse hair on a rocking horse from about 1899 or 1900 on opening day for the Joys and Toys of Christmas Past at the Wolcott House Museum on November 18, 2010.

    Marilyn Wendler, curator of the Wolcott House Museum in Maumee, adjusts the mane of a rocking horse made in about 1899 on the opening day of the ‘Joys and Toys of Christmas Past' at the museum. The exhibit, which runs through Dec. 19 at the museum, 1035 River Road, features toys that have dazzled children over the years, from the early 19th century through the Great Depression.


    SLUG: CTY toys24p 11/18/2010 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Maumee, Ohio CAPTION: A collection of toys including cardboard soldiers in European uniform on opening day for the Joys and Toys of Christmas Past at the Wolcott House Museum on November 18, 2010.
    SLUG: CTY toys24p 11/18/2010 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Maumee, Ohio CAPTION: A collection of toys including cardboard soldiers in European uniform on opening day for the Joys and Toys of Christmas Past at the Wolcott House Museum on November 18, 2010.

    Cardboard cutouts of soldiers in European uniforms stand at attention to greet visitors. Hours of the exhibit are 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. More information can be obtained by calling the museum at 419-893-9602.


    SLUG: CTY toys24p 11/18/2010 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Maumee, Ohio CAPTION: A doll on display from the 1840's, that is wearing the original dress, on a chair near one of the decorated trees on opening day for the Joys and Toys of Christmas Past at the Wolcott House Museum on November 18, 2010.
    SLUG: CTY toys24p 11/18/2010 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Maumee, Ohio CAPTION: A doll on display from the 1840's, that is wearing the original dress, on a chair near one of the decorated trees on opening day for the Joys and Toys of Christmas Past at the Wolcott House Museum on November 18, 2010.

    A doll that dates to the 1840s is still wearing its original dress as it sits on a chair near one of the trees decorated for Christmas at the museum.