I'm looking for some suggestions on how to clean an antique mechanically 
animated Santa. It was one that was a window display into the 1940s and 
1950s.

It has a pink velvet like coat that needs some cleaning but the main 
thing is the beard - my knowledgeable local craft people tell me the 
beard is wool - I wasn't sure myself - but they seem positive and all 
three people have immediatly told me the same answer.

This was stored in an open room for years before we received it and the 
beard is pretty grey and dingy looking, we have used it for temporary 
display during the holiday season, but it is looking pretty poor and 
would like to take the grime out before next season and then build it a 
nice case to the dust out in the future.

Any suggestions on how to clean this - the beard is attached but the 
coat can be removed- ?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Chris Taylor
Executive Director
Atchison County Historical Society
P.O. Box 201
200 S. 10th Street, Santa Fe Depot
Atchison, KS 66002
913-367-6238
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www.atchisonhistory.org

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