Quaker Heritage Center to Present ‘Buckeye Boys and Girls’

Program Will Highlight What It Was Like to Be a Child in Ohio Before Video Games, the Internet and Social Media Ohio lays claim to being one of the most innovated states with regard to the invention, creation and manufacture of toys and games. America’s first electric toy train and the classic Etch-a-Sketch are both among the many Buckeye State-products that provided pleasant diversions for generations of youth. (PHOTO) Cat-eyes, clearies, bumble-bees and big shooters, Ohio produced many of the favorite marbles enjoyed by American children for decades. Susan Talbot-Stanaway will present a program titled “Buckeye Boys and Girls” Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m., at Wilmington College’s Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage Center. The event is part of the QHC’s six-month presentation of “Knick Knacks & Knowledge,” an interactive, student-produced exhibit running through April 28. Talbot-Stanaway, retired director of the Zanesville Museum of Art, will use images of masterwork paintings, vintage photographs, historic clothing, antique toys, books, quilts and sporting equipment to recount the stories of Ohio children from the 1840s to the present. The Ohio Humanities Council provided funding for this program. Normal gallery hours are weekdays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with special Saturday hours, noon to 5 p.m., planned for Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 25 and April 22. Special appointments can be coordinated through curator Ruth Brindle.