Two years ago, I separated from my previous employer, as my job, along with several hundred others, were being sent overseas. Luckily I landed on my feet with a new place to call "job", but before I got started, I took a trip back to Cheshire, CT, to visit the infamous Barker's Cartoon Museum. It's taken me this long to get around to posting about it. I'm not sure why it took me so long, but I know what made me think back on it today... I've been reacquainting myself with Disney and Hanna Barberra, so I thought it would be a good fit since this is where my brain is presently at.
The museum is tucked away to the back of the property, and from what I'm told, is NOT the full collection. If you didn't know any better, you would think you'd have wandered into an incredibly well-stocked flea market. It seems that the Barkers have been collecting cartoon memorabilia for decades. You name it, they have it: toys, action figures, lunch boxes, drinking glasses, Pez containers, puzzles, games. If they put a cartoon character on it, they had it, at least, if it was an American cartoon, it was probably in there. Pokemon seemed to be one of the few Asian imports represented. No Voltron, but you didn't need him to feel entertained here.
I was especially taken by the age of some of the items in the collection, particularly the tin toys. Disney was well represented, as were so many others. Here are some photos... let's let them do some of the talking (I could have taken pictures all day... I took a lot; here are some of the better ones):
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| If you've seenthe Peanuts book by Chip Kidd I've discussed in this blog, these will look familiar. |
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| Tinykins by Marx. I'm currently hunting these down. |
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| Just a few character glasses.... |
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