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Metal Hess Flirt Race Car toy. Car body is black with gold and red detailing featuring a driver dressed in driving gear at the wheel.

About the Exhibit

The museum collects and preserves objects remarkable and worthy of remembrance because of their historical interest, particularly anything related to Western New York transportation history.  Treasured items include trophies, advertising posters, signs, factory badges, ephemera (literature, trade cards, valentines, post cards, misc. paper), vintage toys, photographs, advertising, vintage apparel, manufactured products, and much more.

Currently On Display

Buffalo Auto School ad stating Let Your Wife Learn to Drive Your Car. Let us teach her. Buffalo Auto School Pearl Corner Tupper St. Buffalo, NY Phone, Tupper 6695. The ad features a young smiling woman wearing a white hat with a dark band and feathers behind the wheel.
Automobile Club of Buffalo copper trophy engraved on the front with silver filigree and a handle on each side.
1903 Buffalo Automobile Show 25th Anniversary poster. The event was held at the 174th Armory January 15th - 22nd. The post is on a green background with images of people around a red carriage. The main center image is two people in a modern yellow car with the top down.
Andy Gump 348 Roadster Cast Iron Car. Car body is red with white tires and green rims. Andy Gump figure is wearing a black top hat, green suit, white shirt, and red tie.
Disney Pinocchio villain Coachman antique 1940 figurine. Figure is wearing long burgundy colored coat with double breasted buttons and a white collar with brown driving gloves and a black chauffeur hat.
Vintage chauffeur valentine card features the head of a chauffeur in a driving coat, brown cap, wearing driving goggles and smiling. The valentine greeting is below in a red heart background stating Yes the weather's just perfection. And my car is really fine, So I think you surely au-to spin with me dear valentine.
Dine & Dance, Old Gray Barn, Main Near Auto Club directional sign. The background color is white with black lettering and shaped like an arrow pointing right.
Buffalo Peace Bridge Canada directional sign. Sign is yellow and shaped like an arrow facing to the left.
Mettlach stein, .5L, etched coat of arms of the Kaiserlicher Automobil Club. Imagery shows a chauffeur driving a passenger in a car down the street of a city. Bands of hops and wheat decorate the top and bottom of the image.
Antique chauffeur toy. Figure is wearing a blue coat trimmed in white at the cuffs, collar, and hem. He is wearing a blue chauffeur cap, driving goggles, tan pants, and black boots.
Pewter Old Home Week Prize trophy with engraving on the front and a handle on each side.
Whiz brand metal polish featuring beautiful, highly detailed color graphic image of early auto.
Buffalo Toy and Toolworks Silver Bullet toy car. Car body is gold with silver details on the side, red wheels, and two small drivers.
Rectangular Union Fire Insurance Company of Buffalo, NY - Estb. 1874. The sign is a blue background with white lettering.
Buffalo Toy and Toolworks Dodge 'em wind up toy car. Car is yellow with a wind-up key sticking out of the top and two figures in the seat o fhte car.
Auto Pectons – Vintage Metal Bumper Stickers. One has the word Willkie on it in blue lettering on a white background. The top of the background is blue with white stars, the bottom of the background is red. The second rectangular one states We crossed the Peace Bridge to Canada at Buffalo, NY on a white background trimmed in red.
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11 am to 4 pm

Admission

$10 – Children (12 & under)

$20 – Adults

$20 – Seniors

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