- Jim Auld, who provided photos of his
restored #98 display
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Lonny Beno, who provided many,
many scans of
hard to find display catalogs and also helped me find things I didn't
even know existed.
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Bob Bubeck, who helped sort out
information related to the catalogs
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Clay and Charlie Buckage for providing
their fantastic photos of the second floor Gilbert Hall of Science layout and for their
support and assistance in creating the section on the Sibley Department Store Layout
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Terry Cornelius, for his reminiscence of the
Meier & Frank Department Store including a photo of the toy department
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Bill Drake, who provided high quality photos of
an early American Flyer Displays including an HO roundhouse display
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Jeff Faust, who provided his detailed track
plans for the Sibley department store layout
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Bob Giardina, who gave me permission
to use illustrations from rfgco.com
and provided a reminiscence of a 1957 visit to the 2nd Floor layout at
the New York Hall of Science
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Chuck Harrington, who gave me permission
to use illustrations from his website,
myflyertrains.net
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Bob Horton, who provided photos of his rare Gifts
Galore Store Display
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John Huster, who gave me permission to use
still shots from the Boys' Railroad Club and Roar Of The Rails videos
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Andy Jugle, who provided scans of
department store layout photos
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Mike Leahy, for his reminiscence of Gold's
Department Store in Lincoln, Nebraska
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Jeff Madden, for his reminiscence of Hudson's
Department Store in Detroit, Michigan
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Ray Mohrlang, who provided several scans
of photographs from his collection, including those of the large 1st floor layout in the
New York Hall of Science and also much useful information concerning the Hall of Science
layouts and the location of the 1956 catalog cover photo.
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Daryl Olszeski, who
researched and colorized our logo and reviewed the narrative, and acted
as a sounding board from the earliest days of this website. Daryl
is also responsible for most of the photo and image restoration of many
items that appear on the website
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Mike Schmidt, who provided information on his
rare 1951 display layout and who has provided many excellent tips that
have helped develop the website
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Bill Sheneman, who provided photos of parts of a
beautifully preserved Scenarama set as well as the instructions that
came with it
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George Sorensen, who provided information
on the Chicago Gilbert Hall of Science as well a reminiscence of that
facility including his photo taken with the store "Engineer"
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Emil Suda, who provided background on A.C.
Gilbert History and helped me identify important articles and other source material
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Richard Trotter, who
shared his vast knowledge of the Ray Mohrlang Collection and acted as a
great consultant on a variety of topics, especially photo analysis.
He also provided scans of a
hard to find brochure covering the otherwise uncataloged 1958 factory displays
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Doug Wynne, for his reminiscence about the
Jordan Marsh Boston Layout, including the fact that he appears in the
photo of that layout
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Paul Yorke, who allowed me to incorporate
the relevant portions from his website related to the Sibley and FAO Schwarz layouts