>At 12:11 PM 6/11/96 -0700, Carol Mayer wrote:
>>I sent a message a few weeks back but received only one response - so here
>>goes again.  I am looking for any information you may have on the history of
>>museum models (working coal mines etc...the type you press a button and it
>>springs into action) and or dioramas - I have a brochure from the late 1920s
>>that advertises a company that made models and I am trying to put it in
>context.
>
>Although later than the 1920s, you might look into the role of the WPA
>Artists' Project in creating museum dioramas and models. I've seen a few of
>these in a
>local elementary school (Bucks County, PA) that has had them since the
>1930s.  Not sure off hand where archival records for the WPA are. Just a
>thought...

You could also check with the Colorado Historical Society in Denver where
there are several of these models on display.

Cris Wolf

Collections Manager
UIHC Medical Museum
8024A JCP/200 Hawkins Dr.
Iowa City, IA 52242
(319) 356-8475  FAX (319) 356-3862

[log in to unmask]