Antique horse glider a “Ghost from Christmas Past”

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	Antique horse glider a “Ghost from Christmas Past”


	An antique wooden and steel horse glider, circa 1890, made by the Morton E. Converse Company, will be on display Sunday afternoon at the Barton County Historical Museum open house. The piece, a part of the museum’s regular collection, has been in storage for an unknown period of time. View Larger

While digging around for Christmas decorations for Sunday’s Ghost of Christmas Past community open house at the Barton County Historical Museum, director Beverly Komarek rediscovered two pieces from the museum’s collection, a toy wooden sleigh, and a circa 1890 horse glider. As it turns out, the horse fit with the sleigh just right. A engraved metal plate on the lower cross rail of the glider reads “Converse.”

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