SADIE MAE ...

American Treasure Tour Trivia
Brought to you today by:

The American Treasure Tour's Sadie Mae...our wonderful pink Wurlitzer Band Organ.

Birthday:  1918
Betty Ford

Exactly one year after Mrs. Ford was born, Frank W. Woolworth died.

Where was Woolworth's first 5 & 10 cent store?
a.  Cleveland, OH
b.  Buffalo, NY
c.  Lancaster, PA
*answer at bottom of post

On this date in History:  1913
The Seventeenth Amendment was added to the constitution which established direct election of U.S. Senators by the people.

Song for the Day:  

Today's Quote:

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.  

~Erich Fromm

*c. Lancaster PA.  His first store was in Utica NY but it was just a nickel store which failed.  He opened the nickel and dime store in Lancaster PA in 1879. 

Last Day of February 2013

American Treasure Tour Trivia Blog

Today is the 59th day of the year 2013.

On this Date in History:  1827
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was incorporated.  It became the first railroad in America that offered commercial transportation of both freight and people.
source wikipedia

Check out this great video, all of B&O's ... 1950's era

FOUND ON AMERICANRAILS.COM  
VIDEO VIA YOUTUBE

Born on this Date:  1934
American Jazz Percussionist Willie BoBo

VIDEO VIA YOUTUBE

Died on this Date:  2009
American Radio Broadcaster Paul Harvey 
Below one of his broadcast essays ... What is a Policeman?

VIDEO VIA YOUTUBE

America is full of treasures from our technology and talents to our brave men and women...all treasures.

The trivia is brought to you today by 

one of the treasures of our collection:

Our Wurlitzer Military Band Organ.

This is the only known existing band organ of this model.

We just had it restored and it is once again running and delighting our guests at the American Treasure Tour.

As we say goodbye to February ~ enjoy this image of bleeding hearts and have a good day.

image from Jeansgarden.wordpress.com

Who is Homer Hickam?

American Treasure Tour Trivia Blog

Birthday Pick: 1943 Homer Hickam, Jr.
Who is Homer Hickam?
a. author and engineer
b. author and guitarist
c.  author and chess player
*answer at bottom of post

Died on this Date:  2001 Stanley Kramer
Kramer directed many wonderful films including this American Treasure:

Did you know?  Katharine Hepburn is the only movie star to win four Academy Awards (2009) for her leading roles in Morning Glory, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, andOn Golden Pond.   From IMDB

On this Date in History:
NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars.

Today's Cliche:  Horse Sense

Today's American Treasure Tour Trivia was brought to you by:

Our wonderful Wurlitzer Pianorchestra.


*a. Author and engineer, Homer Hickam worked for NASA and wrote Rocket Boys, among other books.  Hickam is from West Virginia

Moving Day ...

Today at the American Treasure Tour we had a bit of a remodel in the Nickelodeon Room so that we could add more mechanical music for our visitors to hear.  Here we see Mark Chester in the background with Marlin Douglass and Joe Helferty in the foreground moving a "red key" Wurlitzer Nickelodeon.  The transformation is complete and we are ready for this week's tour groups.  Shout out to Jay Kreider for the new electrical work and thanks also to Seth Gammache who did all the technical work to make these instruments play at the touch control of our iPads.  There is always something new to see in our 100,000 square feet.

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