Kim Frank Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 We closed the museum doors on October 14th for three weeks. We have taken in over 250 antique fans in the last couple of months and were running out of places to put them. With some measuring, we concluded we could add one more row of display cases. This entailed building some longer wood shelves, and freed up the 6 existing display cases needed. We started with the Emerson aisle, taking every fan down, removing the glass and wood shelves, and moving them about 6 inches closer to the GE aisle. It is now 31 inches wide, a bit closer for that up close and personal viewing of fans. All the existing rows were done the same way and when all were moved, we had the room for the extra row. As you can see, we have a lot of new empty shelves just waiting for members fans to be displayed. We have a row of nothing but oscillating fans. We still need an Emerson 2210/2220 and a Century S-4, but have a pretty comprehensive showing of how oscillation designing progressed. We'll be doing a separate section for coin ops by GE and W/H. We can still use more Emersons (didn't think I'd ever hear myself say that) especially the earlier stuff. Century isn't represented much either. If you'd like to have a fan from your collection on display in the AFCA museum, give me a shout. After this, we'll be going upstairs and reorganizing the layout and adding more fans. The next time you visit, you'll see a different museum with a lot more to look at on both floors. The first five pictures show the museum as it was and then being broken down. The rest show the finished project except for some finessing here and there. Come visit us and check it out. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butler Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 My head will be oscillating just to try and take it all in! Thanks Tom and Kim for making such a fantastic display. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalley Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 amazing , thank you all for your hard work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Cherry Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Crazy amount of work.. again thank you for doing all that you guys do.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Lagarde Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Thank you for maintaining the museum and all that is needed to provide this for the members and community. Please never think your work is not appreciated. Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hilton Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Tremendous amount of work but looks great Kim. Dan H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Frank Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Thank you. We have a lot of empty shelves just waiting to be filled. If you have a fan that you think we don't have on display and you'd like to share it with other collectors, contact me or Tom and put it on loan to the Museum. There a lot of AFCA members with their fans on display in the museum. My wife just loves that my GE Pancake collection is here and not at the house.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chew Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Such a asset to the world of Antique fans. Your work is very much appreciated. Thank you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Durbin Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 10 hours ago, Kim Frank said: Thank you. We have a lot of empty shelves just waiting to be filled. If you have a fan that you think we don't have on display and you'd like to share it with other collectors, contact me or Tom and put it on loan to the Museum. There a lot of AFCA members with their fans on display in the museum. My wife just loves that my GE Pancake collection is here and not at the house.... As always Kim! you and Tom knocked it out of the park! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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