Now this would have been an interesting exhibit to see! Abe Gunzendorfer (my great grandfather) was just 17 years old in 1886 so this was probably a school project or something. What’s really odd is that this article from the Monterey Argus is actually glued to a piece of paper that someone used as a scratch pad to do some math problems – they couldn’t rely on a calculator in those days. Maybe someone was trying to figure out someone's age?
Abe left quite a few quirky items for me. I know he spent quite a bit of time putting together a miniature railroad for his family's store, The White House – he even left pictures!
Looks like he was a pretty handy guy!
Here’s another picture of the train, the A.B.G.R.R (A.B. Gunzendorfer Railroad)
And a close of up of the first few cars.
I sure wish I’d known him – it seems like he was an interesting guy!
LOVE all these!!
ReplyDeleteDebi, do you suppose the little log cabin in the miniature train display is the same one from the one he exhibited at the store? I suppose that's just wishful thinking since he would probably have had to save it for a few decades. Still, it's fun to imagine.
ReplyDeleteI wondered the exact same thing, Nancy. Although like you, I thought it was just wishful thinking so I put it out of my mind. Sometimes we want it to be so badly we talk ourselves into it :-)
DeleteI think Nancy is on to something -- that log cabin in the one photo could be the one from the article. What a fabulous window display.
ReplyDeleteI love the train photos! How wonderful to have those photos.
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