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Public Collections of A.C. Gilbert Company Products & Materials

Posted onJuly 4, 2018February 24, 2022AuthorDavid Gilbert3 Comments

February 24, 2022 – The A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society has released the Fifth Edition of the 81-page report, Public Collections of AC Gilbert Company Products & Materials (9.6 MB PDF). This report lists the contents of several museum collections from Read More …

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1996 TV Interview with Bill Malczan

Posted onJanuary 7, 2018AuthorDavid GilbertLeave a comment

TV interview of A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society collector and model builder, Bill Malczan, in his home prior to the 1996 ACGHS National Convention at Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Ohio. Bill hosted the 1996 Convention, and contacted Dave Blood to ensure Read More …

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Jim Banks’ “Skydiver” Ferris Wheel

Posted onAugust 7, 2017August 7, 2017AuthorDavid GilbertLeave a comment

Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s I rode on tons of amusement park rides, and one that I always remembered fondly was the infamous “Skydiver”. Resembling a large Ferris wheel with rotating cars, the Skydiver was a rough and Read More …

CategoriesAmusement Park Rides, Banks, Jim, Erector Sets, ModelsTagsFerris Wheels, Skydiver

AC Gilbert Phonograph

Posted onMay 1, 2017AuthorDavid GilbertLeave a comment

Guy Lanza recently sent us a photograph of a combination record player and television set which he saw in a museum in Tyumen, Siberia. We’re sharing Guy’s photographs below. According to the label, the appliance was manufactured by the A.C. Read More …

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Ray Rosebush: 1948-2016

Posted onJuly 14, 2016AuthorDavid GilbertLeave a comment

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Ray Rosebush, a charter member of  the A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society and a great friend and colleague to all of us. Ray possessed one of the Society’s most extensive Read More …

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eBook version of “The Man Who Lives in Paradise”

Posted onDecember 23, 2015December 15, 2018AuthorDavid GilbertLeave a comment

Park City, UT—Silver Dollar Press, a division of Lucky Penny Publications, has published the autobiography of A.C. Gilbert, a native of Salem, Oregon, as an eBook—a format targeted to a new generation of readers. The Man Who Lives in Paradise: Read More …

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