Bob Wilhelm’s Q&A
THE MAN WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS
December’s Behind the Steam presentation on Thursday, December 16 takes an in-depth look at A.C. Gilbert Company’s Erector Sets. Alfred
TAGGED IN DELAWARE
Readers of this column are no doubt aware that some Delaware residents take a keen interest in low-numbered Delaware vehicle
CORN COB ORGAN
Vintage Marshall music machines are displayed by the Friends in the Marshall Steam Museum. Those who tour Auburn Heights mansion
STEAM PEDAL POWER
Currently adorning the Marshall Steam Museum is a collection of vintage pedal cars. From a private collection, they are on
LOCKED
The Hockessin-Yorklyn area is dotted with quite a number of old homes, some possibly having replaced log cabins dating from
HUMMINGBIRD CARRIAGES
By the start of the 1890s a number of inventors were seeking to replace the horse and wagon with what
OVERSEE FARM & SHANGRI-LA
Throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries, approximately 375 acres of rich New Castle County farmland, enclosed by Ashland-Clinton,
TIME IS MONEY
On May 20, Behind the Steam will examine the pair of Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company wooden box wall telephones
BEFORE THERE WERE PACKARDS
More often than not, entrepreneurs and inventors begin their early careers working in an industry that is very much different
THE SHUTTLE MOUNTAIN WAGON
Later this month, on March 18, the Friends of Auburn Heights presents Behind the Steam: Mountain Wagons at 7pm online.
WAVES OF ETHER IN YORKLYN
On Thursday, February 18, the FAH Behind the Steam program examines the Westinghouse Model RC Regenerative Radio currently on display
OLD MAIDS, MUSHROOMS & BUTTERFLIES
Popcorn has been around for centuries. Ceremonial wreaths, necklaces, and ornaments on the statues of Aztec gods contained ears of