Subject: Re: hand-made mannequins available From: Brian Bigler <usemeum@mhtc.net> Message-ID: <1875e9e9-6c1c-c24c-13d7-119438ba43ed@mhtc.net> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:16:59 -0600
For a Wisconsin source the Amish do this work. There is a large group
of Amish in the Cashton, Wisconsin vicinity That have shops specializing
in trades such as windmill repair, cabinet makers, buggy and wheel
makers , a great sawmill which is a source for large milled beams and
pine planks and so on
Brian J. Bigler - Museum Consultant - Mount Horeb
On 1/11/2021 5:20 PM, Jan Jenson wrote:
> Hello Jarrod.
>
> Our Gordon-Wascott Historical Society would LOVE these awesome
> mannequins if they are still available! If we could just have one,
> we'd select the man. He would fit perfectly into our newly reorganized
> 1911 Soo Line Railroad Depot in Gordon.
>
> Please let me know. And thanks for your consideration.
>
> Jan Jenson, President
> Gordon-Wascott Historical Society
>
> Jan K Jenson
> jkjenson01@yahoo.com
> http://www.novelsbyjanetkay.com <http://www.novelsbyjanetkay.com>
>
>
> On Monday, January 11, 2021, 03:17:23 PM CST, Jarrod Roll
> <mclhr@centurytel.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hello.
>
> We are offering two hand-made mannequins to the museum/historical
> society which can use them. They are about life-size and relatively
> light. They are soft (no internal support) but sit up on their own
> just fine. They are free but we ask that you arrange to pick them up
> in a relatively short amount of time. Here’s what they look like
> (chairs not included):
>
> Jarrod Roll
>
> Director / County Historian
>
> Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
>
> 200 West Main St.
>
> Sparta, WI 54656
>
> 608-269-8680
>
> www.MonroeCountyHistory.org <http://www.MonroeCountyHistory.org>
>
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>