Stan and Mardi's Curiosities, Jokes, Novelties, and Gags from the 1920s Through the 1960s
Sunday, November 15, 2009 2 pm
during the hands-on MYSTERY OBJECTS event
presented by the Logic Puzzle Museum
533 Milwaukee Avenue, downtown historic Burlington, Wisconsin
Admission $5 Free parking.
A special 2 pm presentation of 15 Curiosities, Jokes, Novelties and Gags from the 1920s through the 1960s from a private collection of more than 1100 items will tickle you. These are especially unusual and visitors can try to guess what they are.
Stan's demonstrations of several novelties from the famous Johnson Smith Company Catalog and the H.Fishlove and Co. will take you back to make you feel like a kid of the 1920s, 30s and even into the 60s. These companies sold jokes, novelties, puzzles, gags and a wide variety of most unusual items.
Part of the fun is meeting collectors, who are well-regarded experts in this fun and funny category of curiosities, jokes and gags. Read about collectors Stan & Mardi.
Stan & Mardi have written articles & been written about in:
Games magazine, 2 issues
Magic magazine,
Mental Floss
Kenosha News,
Milwaukee Sentinel
Racine Journal Times
Toronto Star, Canada
Books: Cheap Laffs and
Blame it on the Dog
and others.
Their collection of Johnson Smith Catalogs and endless products was the featured exhibit at the Racine Heritage Museum. Stan will show a few of the catalogs and answer questions about Johnson Smith and
H. Fishlove & Co. during the presentation as well. Come see the classic, funny surprises.
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The non-profit, educational museums gift shop will be open with many
curious toys and novelties for sale that day. Sorry, we do not take plastic.
Admission for the day is $5 per person (all ages), the event is not recommended
for babies or toddlers. Full admission does apply to those ages as well, if they do attend.
Sundays Admission includes the Mystery Objects fun,
Objects in A Box challenges,
and this very special presentation.
The annual event is open 11-4 on Sunday Nov 15, 2009,
with other times on Saturdays and weekdays prior to November 15, 2009.
Children must be with an adult. This is great family fun.
Sorry, the Logic Puzzle Museums hands-on puzzles
will not be available during this day.
Come back another time for all of that fun and thinking.
