Uncle Levan's Farm Set

Uncle Levan Dickinson's Farm Set

 

Uncle Levan Dickinson made this farm set for my mother when she was a young girl. When I was young, we would set up the farm set with my father's beautiful Lionel trains. During a recent visit, my Mom had the opportunity to set it up again, and she recounted the story of how she had purchased some of the farm animals at a store in Salem, NJ, as a child. She was traveling with her Grammy and Grmpa Munson, and her Nana Dickinson had given her some traveling money. She thought she might have bought the geese and turkeys on that outing. Uncle Levan made the farm out of packing crates, and you can still see the labels on the inside when you turn the buildings upside down.

Uncle Levan may have never imagined that his farm set would be stored with care and set up with love, and shared with new generations of family. Thank you, Uncle Levan for this lasting Christmas gift!