In preparation for Cedar Point’s 150th anniversary celebration in 2020, the park is remodeling their Town Hall Museum to help display the history of the park. For anyone that had been in the museum prior to the the clearing out of the building this fall, they would know it was an eclectic collection of odds and ends, many having very little ties to Cedar Point’s history, other than being interesting items to see from our country’s past.

On November 20, Grays’s Auction House in Cleveland, Ohio will hold an auction of Cedar Point Town Hall Museum items.

Among the most notable items going up for auction is a 1904 American LaFrance Steam Fire Engine No. 496 that was on display in the museum. Originally used to fight fires in Greensboro, North Carolina, the engine has been at Cedar Point since June 1970.

Additional items include the following:

– Coin Operated ‘Grandmother’s Predictions Arcade Machine by William Gent MFG. Co., Cleveland OH, ca. 1929-1932
– 2 Coin Operated Rock-Ola 1937 World Series Baseball Arcade Machines
– 2 Coin Operated Play-the-Derby Arcade Machines, 1929
– Coin Operated Play Football Arcade Machine by Chester-Pollard Amusement Co. Inc., NYC, ca. 1926
– Coin Operated Lift-O-Graph Arcade Machine by the International Mutoscope Reel Co. Inc., NYC, ca. 1932
– Coin Operated ‘Love Teller’ Arcade Machine by International Mutoscope, NY, 20th Century
– A Coin Operated Automation Palm Reader Arcade Machine by Automation Palm Reader Co., Brooklyn NY, Patented 1907-1919
– Coin Operated Character Reading Arcade Machine by the American Scale MFG. Co., Washington DC, 20th Century
– Coin Operated Arcade Novelty Card Dispenser by Exhibit Supply Card Company, 20th Century
– Coin Operated Screen Test Arcade Machine with Card Results, 20th Century
– Coin Operated Hand Crank Three Movie Reel Arcade Viewers by the International Mutoscope Reel Co., Inc., New York, 20th Century
– National Electric Shoe Shining Machine in a Stained Pine and Glass Case, 20th Century (with Cedar Point’s Golden Palace Theatre panel)

– Nickel Operated White Porcelain, Enameled and Cast Metal Novelty Scale, ca. 1927
– Nickel Operated White Porcelain, Enameled and Cast Metal Novelty Scale, 20th Century
– Vintage Maple Carousel Organ, 20th Century
– Coin Operated Rudolph Wurlitzer Tonophone Cylinder Player Piano, ca. 1890-1910
– Coin Operated Mills Novelty Co. (Chicago, IL) Violano Virtuoso, Early 20th Century
– Automatic Wonder Steinle’s Sandusky Clock, ca. 1897
– 1907 Fleming Steam Garden Tractor and Water Carriage
– English 9 1/2 in. Gauge Great Northern Railway 4-4-2, #251 Live Steam Locomotive, Tender and Box Car, 20th Century
– English Live Steam 4-4-2, 5 3/4 in. Gauge, 1 in. Scale Inside Frame Locomotive, 20th Century
– English Live Steam 4-6-0, 5 in. Gauge, 1 in. Scale High Speed Passenger Locomotive and Tender, ca. 1920s
– English Live Steam 4-6-0, 5 in. Gauge, 1 in. Scale High Speed Passenger or Freight Locomotive and Tender, 20th Century
– English Live Steam 0-6-0, 5 in. Gauge, 1 1/4 in. Scale Mixed Goods Service Locomotive and Tender, 20th Century
– English Live Steam 2-6-4, 5 in. Gauge, 1 in. Scale Locomotive, 20th Century
– English Live Steam 4-4-2-T, 5 in. Gauge, 1 in. Scale Freight Locomotive Engine, 1937
– English Live Steam 0-4-0-T, 3 1/2 in. Gauge, 3/4 in. Scale Industrial Schunting Locomotive, 1900
– English Live Steam 4-4-0, 2 1/2 in. Gauge, 1/2 in. Scale LMS 1089 Passenger Locomotive and Tender, 20th Century
– Lionel No. 400E 4-4-4, Standard Gauge Locomotive with Tempel and Faye Passenger Cars, 20th Century
– Lionel Lines 6-6 Standard Gauge Locomotive with a Liberty Bell No. 424 and Stephen Girard No. 425 Passenger Cars, 20th Century
– Lionel Terrace Platform #128 and City Station #115, 20th Century, with a Signal Bridge #440, Panel Board #440C, and handmade platform
– Wallis and Steevens Simplicity Steam Roller 3 in. Scale Model, 1902-1905
– William Allchin Agricultural Traction Engine Royal Chester 1 1/2 in. Scale Model, 20th Century
– English Steam Four Wheeled Tractor Model, 20th Century
– English Steam Pump Engine Model, 19th Century
– English Steam Engine, 1/2 in. Scale, Textile Mill, Low High Pressure Cylinder Model, ca. 1860
– English Traction Steam Engine, 2 in. Scale, Single Cylinder Blowing Engine 4 Shaft, 2 Speed Model, Early 20th Century
– Handmade Copper WWII Gun Ship Model, 20th Century
– Painted Hardwood Model of a Schooner, ca. 1860, from the collection of G.A. Boeckling, Founder of Cedar Point Resort

– Antique Kenwood Cast Iron 48 Gal. Butcher’s Rendering Kettle and Stove, Late 19th Century
– US Army Cast Iron Cannon Heater, No. 20, 20th Century
– Painted Cast Metal Chicago Skirt Marker, 19th Century
– Cast Iron Little Giant Model 23 Ice Breaker, 20th Century
– Four Carved and Painted Wood and Willow Walking Sticks, 20th Century
– Collection of Early Wood, Metal and Glass Household Tools and Salesman Samples, 19th/20th Century, including a coffee grinder, a Columbia Washer salesman sample with wooden basin, a T. Mills and Brothers (Philadelphia) Candy Roller, a spritzer bottle and others
– Painted Metal Model of a Hay Rake, ca. 1897
– Collection of Early Woodworking Tools, 20th Century, including various types of wooden hand planes, spokeshaves and measuring instruments
– Miscellaneous Collection of Tin, Copper, Brass and Bronze Oil Cans, Steam Whistles, Plumbing Fittings and Valves, 19th/20th Century
– Nickel Plated, Brass and Wood National Cash Register, 20th Century
– Painted Metal and Wood National Cash Register, 20th Centur
– Miscellaneous Collection of Clear and Colored Glass Apothecary Themed Bottles, 19th/20th Century
– Miscellaneous Collection of Drug Store Goods and Ephemera, 20th Century, including a General Electric Heating Pad, pewter cups, alarm clock, as well as empty tins and package
– Miscellaneous Collection of Drug Store Labels and Ephemera, 20th Century, including various pharmaceutical labels, old prescriptions, doctor’s notes, log books and other manuals
– Group of Four Cast Iron and Metal Countertop Scales by Various Makers, 19th/20th Century, including a Pelouze MFG. Co. ‘Superb’ computing candy scale, a Dodge MFG. Co. ‘The Micrometer’ scale with marble base and a Rupp & Bowman Co. ‘Ohaus’ scale. One unmarked
– Collection of Pharmacy Mortar and Petals, 19th Century, together with a pharmaceutical scale
– Group of Four Antique Medical and Scientific Instruments in Fitted Boxes by Various Makers, 19th/20th Century, including a Davis & Kidder’s Magneto-Electric Machine, an instrument by Carl Zeiss (Jena, Germany), and a Brown-Buerger Cystoscope by Wappler Electric Co., Inc. (trademarked by A.C.M.I)
– Miscellaneous Collection of Antique Metal and Glass Medical Instruments by Various Makers, 19th/20th Century, including a brass bloodletting scarificator, tonsillectomy instrument, surgical set, an Excelsior Aseptic Syringe by Medbridge Supply Co., a Spencer Haemacytometers by Becton, Dickinson & Co., an American made Hemometer and Hemacytometer set by Adams, a Objektmikrometer 1/100 mm lens by E. Leitz Wetzlar, and a G. Tiemann & Co. surgical set in fitted box (bearing the G. Tiemann & Co. Manufactures of Surgical Instruments 63 Chatham St. NY sticker)
– George Tiemann & Co. Amputation Set in Fitted Box, ca. 1864-1886, bearing the ‘G. Tiemann & Co. Manufactures of Surgical Instruments 67 Chatham St., NY’ sticker. Comprising of twenty-one instruments, including an amputation saw, knives, tourniquet, suture needles, and trephine
– George Tiemann & Co. Amputation Set in Fitted Box, ca. 1855-1863/64, bearing the ‘G. Tiemann & Co. Manufactures of Surgical Instruments 63 Chatham St., NY’ sticker. Comprising of ten instruments, including an amputation saw, knives, tourniquet, and suture needle
– Antique Glass and Hardwood Apothecary Store Display, 20th Century, from Charles E. Trory’s Drug Store, Crestline OH 1903-1970

– Mirrored, Carved Hardwood and Marble Barber Shop Display, 20th Century
– Victorian Oak and Red Velvet Reclining Barber’s Chair with Footstool, 19th Century
– Victorian Oak Upholstered Barber’s Chair with Footstool, 20th Century
– Top Remnant of the 1987 ‘Ripley’s Believe It of Not’ Barber Pole from ‘Gus, the Barber’
– Miscellaneous Collection of Shaving Razors, Blades and Tools by Various Makers, 20th Century, including pieces by Rolls Razor, Gillette, Allegro, Durham Duplex, New Gem and others. Some in original boxes and packaging
– Glass and Hardwood Post Office Display, 20th Century
– American Pine Work Table with Swing-Out Benches and Ceramic Top, 20th Century
– American Oak Roll Top Desk, 20th Century
– Set of Victorian Carved Oak Lattice, 19th/20th Century
– Set of Painted Bronze and Stained Hardwood Bank Gates, 19th/20th Century
– 3 American Oak and Glass Display Cabinet, 20th Century
– American Oak and Glass Table Top Display Cabinet, 20th Century
– 6 Oak and Painted Cast Aluminum Bench from Cedar Point, 20th Century
– Oak and Painted Wrought Metal Bench from Cedar Point, 20th Century
– Wrought Metal Bicycle Rack, 20th Century
– Pierce Shaft Drive Cushion Frame Bicycle, 1900
– Bicycle by Flux Neckarsulm (Naeh Und Strick Unions, NSU), 20th Century
– Ball-Fintze (Newark OH) ‘Avalon’ Bicycle, 20th Century
– 4 Set of Three Vintage Coca Cola Bottle Ring Toss Games, 20th Century
– Bally Midway Ms. Pac-Man Coin Operated Video Arcade Machine, ca. 1981
– Bally Midway Wizard of Wor Coin Operated Video Arcade Machine, ca. 1981
– Konami Jurassic Park III Coin Operated Video Arcade Machine, ca. 2001
– Sega Outrun 2 Coin Operated Video Arcade Machine, ca. 2003
– Kee Games (Subsidiary of Atari) Drag Race Coin Operated Video Arcade Machine, ca. 1977

– 2 Namco FourTrax Racing Coin Operated Video Arcade Machine, ca. 1989
– Cromptons Silver Skis Coin Pusher Arcade Machine, ca. 1979
– 4 LAI Games Lighthouse Coin Operated Arcade Machine, ca. 2002
– Miscellaneous Collection of Vintage Video Arcade Machine Manuals, 20th Century
– No Electricity Reverse Printed Glass ‘Kiss-O-Meter’ Arcade Machine Bezel, ca. 1940
– Williams Electronics’ Reverse Printed Glass ‘Blackout’ Video Arcade Machine Bezel, 20th Century
– Midway Reverse Printed Glass ‘Gang-Busters’ Video Arcade Machine Bezel, ca. 1974
– Allied Leisure Industries Inc. Acrylic and Wood ‘Chopper’ Video Arcade Machine Bezel, ca. 1974
– Chicago Coins’ Reverse Printed Glass ‘Sharp Shooter-Shooting Gallery’ Video Arcade Machine Bezel, ca. 1970
– Two Acrylic ‘Toss ‘Em’ Arcade Machine Bezels, 20th Century
– Group of Four Cromptons’ Acrylic Silver Skis Arcade Machine Marquees, 20th Century
– Group of Four Cromptons’ Acrylic ‘Silver Splash’ Arcade Machine Marquees, 20th Century
– Two Cromptons’ Acrylic Silver Skis Arcade Machine Marquees, 20th Century
– Group of Three Acrylic Video Arcade Machine Bezels, 20th Century
– Group of Three Acrylic and Aluminum Video Arcade Machine Bezels and Control Panel, 20th Century
– Group of Three Sega Acrylic Video Arcade Machine Bezels, 20th Century
– Group of Three Reverse Printed Glass Video Arcade Machine Bezels, 20th Century
– Group of Five Glass and Acrylic Video Arcade Mamchine Bezels and Marquees, 20th Century
– Group of Four Glass and Acrylic Arcade Machine and Fair Game Bezels and Marquees, 20th Century
– Group of Three Glass and Acrylic Video Arcade Machine Bezels, 20th Century
– Group of Vintage Acrylic Fair Game Marquees and Parts, 20th Century
– Group of Acrylic, Aluminum and Plastic Video Arcade Machine Bezels and Control Panels, 20th Century
– Painted Wood Arcade Game Component, 20th Century
– Pair of Sega SMT (Motocross Team) Racing Video Arcade Motorbike Seats, 20th Century
– Collection of Arcade Joystick Control Panel from Various Video Arcade Machines, 20th Century
– 5 Miscellaneous Collections of Vintage Cedar Point Arcade Machine Components and Parts, 20th Century
– Miscellaneous Collection of Vintage Pinball Components, 20th Century
– 21 Miscellaneous Collections of Vintage Cedar Point Arcade Electrical Components and Parts, 20th Century
– Miscellaneous Collection of Vintage Cedar Point Arcade Machine Light Bulbs, 20th Century
– 5 Miscellaneous Collections of Vintage Cedar Point Video Arcade Circuit Board Parts, 20th Century
– Reproduction Starfleet Command Captain Picard’s Chair by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, 20th Century

The entire collection, including photos, can be viewed on the Gray’s website.

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