Bob Wilhelm’s Q&A
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
WRENCHES: OLDER THAN SPANNERS
For FAH volunteers who have worked on one or more of the collection’s Stanleys, it is learned early on that
STATE ROADS AND KING’S HIGHWAY
The image below was broadly circulated in the Diamond State a century ago as a proposal for a Delaware roadway.
HIDDEN STORIES
During Steamin’ Days and private tours, we often tell visitors that laid out before them is the evolution of the