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Exhibitions

31st Annual Miniature & Dollhouse Show

The Historical Society of Rockland County Presents

Small Wonders
The 31st Annual Miniature and Dollhouse Show

When: Sunday, November 12, 2006–January 28, 2007
Where: HSRC History Center, 20 Zukor Road, New City
Admission:

This year’s show, curated by Delia Tolz, showcases two galleries full of early and contemporary dollhouses, horsedrawn carriages, dolls, early airplane models, and much more. The show is a delight for both children and adults.

Some of the highlights of the show include:

• A few of Viola R. Koch's creations, including a country store filled with unique items and an enticing outdoor fruit and vegetable market
• A miniature representation of the chiropractic office of Drs. Kahn & Goldman handmade by Victoria Losicco of Stony Point
• Room boxes depicting different rooms of a house by Carolyn Mc Erlean of Blauvelt
• A Walmer dollhouse on loan from Jessica Sposato of New City, who kept the original staircase and dowels that held the walls and floors together but completely renovated the four rooms and added furnishings
• The Old West brought to life with western wagons by Maurice Sarkissian of Spring Valley, including is a pickle wagon with two teams of Belgian horses, a vegetable-picking wagon with a team of Spanish bulls, and a lumber-hauling wagon
• A miniature depiction of the lost city of Atlantis, including a joust between mounted knights and a tricerotops, a Costa Rican globe stone, ruins of a Cambodian temple, and more, by Henry J. Greenberg of New City
• Sixteenth- and eighteenth-century room boxes and a dollhouse on loan from the Doll and Toy Museum of New York City

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