Ornament, Christmas

Name/Title

Ornament, Christmas

Description

Cardboard box shaped to represent windmill; bottom half yellow with 6 green shuttered windows, man smoking on porch on one side; man and donkey on one side. Top half represents red siding, 4 green shuttered window. Top folds to form pointed roof. Windmill arms fastened with staple, bottom fold in to close. On end flap "No 612, To fill box properly tuck in the top first then fill this end and lock catches. Found in the trunk of two sisters who were school teachers for many years in Ludlow Kentucky. Their name was Goetz and they died in 1936. Fairgrounds show 11-65 on another flap Christmas for her pupils c 1910.

Collection

Daniel Henricks

Acquisition

Accession

1985.006

Source or Donor

Daniel Henricks

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1910

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Aug 7, 2001

Create Date

August 7, 2001

Update Date

June 27, 2025