The
15th annual Farm Toy Show in Winamac drew almost 2000 visitors.
Sponsored
by the Northern Indiana Power From the Past (NIPFP), the show is held
the third Sunday of January each year.
The
event features over 150 booths of farm toys, old and new, for exhibit
and sale by vendors from Indiana and all surrounding states.
The functional
purpose of the Northern Indiana Power From the Past organization is
to preserve, rejuvenate and display antique farm machinery and any
other form of machinery utilized in the growth of the U.S.A. Further,
it is the intention of the organization to foster and perpetuate in
the minds of all Americans, respect, interest and recognition of the
vital role that different forms of machinery, no matter what their
power source, have played in the development of U.S. society as a
whole.
The 26th
annual NIPFP Antique Power Show will run July 17-20, 2003 at the Winamac
Town Park. (Click Here
to see photos from the 2002 show.)
Organizers
emphasize that this summer's show is "much more than a gathering
of gas engine and tractor enthusiasts - although those are pretty
amazing when all the engines are chugging at once! With the passage
of time, many of our younger generation have never seen or experienced
farm life in its heyday. We're creating a learning experience from
this event, where the future meets the past."
