Day 144

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January 16th 2008

Published: January 23rd 2008

Obfuscator writes: How would you like to spend the day in a museum? How would you like to spend the day in a freezer? How would you like to spend the day in a museum that was colder than most freezers? These are the questions you must ask yourself if you are considering visiting Harold Warp's Pioneer Village in the town of Minden, Nebraska and the season happens to be winter. We left our mote... Read Full Entry

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An electric wheelchair

The first U.S. war plane - the JN-4D Jenny

The Amphicar

Onaxthiel stands with Warp's yacht Valhalla. It sank a U-boat.

A folding boat!

Warp's old school house

Interior of the school house

A sod house

1884 Lutheran Church - First in Minden

Interior of the church

And you put that . . . on . . . your head?

This dining room set may look familiar to some.

The new oldest soda machine seen on the trip thus far.

They call this one the Fordson Death Machine. If anyone wants more pictures of tractors, just ask. I have more than I can shake a stick at. Seriously. I tried and the stick broke.

Old Pontiac hood ornament

Old Nash

Old Plymouth hood ornament

23rd January 2008

Mom
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folding boat
Great museum. I can see why you spent all day there. Wonderful to see electric wheelchairs from long ago and imaginative things like a folding boat. I wonder if it really worked.

4th December 2012

This NSU Spyder was the first Wankel engined car in Wisconsin, and probably in the U.S.

Felix Wankel
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The name is Spider not "Spyder"
The name is NSU Spider not "Spyder" and this car was the first car ever produced with wankel engine... The wankel engine was designed by Felix Wankel from the car and motorcycle company in Germany NSU now "Audi"

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