The Town of Iron Toys: The Mechanical Banks of J. & E. Stevens Company
Richard Franklin Donohue

Friday September 24th, 2021
7:00 pm
Willington Town Office Community Room
40 Old Farms Rd.

Mechanical banks were extremely popular in America between the Civil War and World War II. People of all ages enjoyed the spring loaded action that resulted from depositing a coin into these iron amusements. For more than a century, the J. & E. Stevens Company of Cromwell, Connecticut was the leading developer and producer of mechanical banks in the world. With a power point program and demonstrations with original banks, historian Richard Franklin Donohue will explore the history and work of this visionary company.

Free and open to the public. Face masks required.