Collecting America: Folk Art and the Shelburne Museum

Can DescriptionsTour of folk art museum in Shelburne, Vt. including reproduction of Vermont in the 1930s as actors portray collector Electra Hevameyer Webb and associates going to barn to collect weathervane from farmer. They put it in car and drive away. Still photos of Webb's family and their art collection including Manet, El Greco, Rembrandt, and Degas. Portrait of Electra and her mother by Mary Cassatt. Porcleain dolls, cigar store Indians. Small figurines. Quilts. Still photos of dilapidated buildings purchased by Webb to move to Shelburne. 37 buildings on 45-acre lot. Tuckaway General Store and interior including barrels, baby shoes, candy jars. Reproduction of wealthy sea captain's home including dining table, wallpaper and crystal. Sawyer's cabin. Swan rocking chair. Precursor to modern tricycle. Jacquard weaving loom compared to modern computer with its punch cards and pin grid. One-room schoolhouse built by General Samuel Strong. Pan of leather-bound books. Optical illusion picture which changes to images of President Ulysses Grant, Andrew Jackson or Abraham Lincoln depending upon the viewer's angle. Blacksmith's and wheelwright's shop. Carriages. Quilts. Circus parade figurines. Carousel animals. Tin train. Baldwin 200 locomotive. Miniatures. Fire fighting memorabilia. Toy steamboat. 900-ton Ticonderoga steamboat that once cruised Lake Champlain. Pottery. Salt and pepper shakers. Glass bottles. Fans. Quilts. Host John Wilmerding.