page_title: American Treasure Tour
section_title: The Toy Box
hierarchical_section_title: American Treasure Tour / Layout / The Toy Box
caption_attribution_description: English: "The Emperor" is a century-old band organ on display at the American Treasure Tour.
context_page_description: The American Treasure Tour is a tourist attraction established in 2010 and opened to the public for guided tours. Visitors travel through a large private collection that encompasses an eclectic variety of smaller collections. Included is one of the world's largest private collections of automatic music machines: nickelodeons, band organs, calliopes, photoplayers and music boxes. There are also classic cars, circus art, dolls and dollhouses, and a large assortment of popular culture miscellania. It is located in the 422 Business Center in the community of Oaks, Pennsylvania, west of Valley Forge National Historical Park just off of U.S. Route 422.
context_section_description: The Toy Box takes up the majority of the space in the American Treasure Tour.  Visitors are driven in an electric tram down lanes displayed with an eclectic collection of Americana on both sides and hanging from the ceiling.  Tours are conducted by guides who discuss the items, including: model airplanes, classic cars, more automatic musical instruments, original artwork, movie memorabilia and Disneyana, stuffed animals, animated store displays, motorcycles, and neon signage. Highlights include:
  Three of only 11 (possibly 12 or more) surviving Wurlitzer #165 band organs
  The only known surviving Wurlitzer #175 band organ
  "The Emperor" Th. Mortier Dance Hall Organ
  "Sadie Mae" Gavioli & Cie. band organ, formerly of the Paul Eakins collection
  "The Mammoth" Wurlitzer Military Band Organ, also known as a Wurlitzer Style #160.
  A giant shoe used for a promotion in Manhattan's Madison Square Park to promote the short-lived cable network Wedding Central
  One of Eric Staller's Conference Bikes
  The 2009 Guinness Book of World Records-winning Popsicle Stick Structure - a castle created by one man
  Many classic cars, such as a 1905 Franklin, two Sears Motorbuggies, two Vespa 400 automobiles, two 1956 Ford Thunderbirds, a 1954 Pennant Blue Corvette as well as more modern Corvettes, a 1922 Stanley Steamer, a 1924 Cadillac 7-seat sedan, a 1907 ABC, a 1914 Maxwell, a 1914 Liberty Brush, a 1914 Woods Mobilette, a 1951 Crosley VC Hotshot, and over sixty others.
  The anonymous owner of the collection that comprises the majority of the American Treasure Tour (sans the MBSI collection) continues to regularly bring in new pieces, which are incorporated into the tours whenever space allows.
caption: Th. Mortier Dance Hall Organ, The Emperor - Located in the American Treasure Tour
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