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This was a car from the “Laff in the Dark” ride at Crystal Beach, which opened in 1936 and ran until the park closed in 1989. Crystal Beach was an amusement park that operated from 1888 to 1989 in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada on the shore of Lake Erie.

"The Blizzard of '77 Travel Game" was a family board game for ages 8 to adult, 2 to 6 players, to commemorate the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977. The object of the game was to run 5 different errands and make it back home, hopefully before the storm struck. If the blizzard hit, then you turned the game board over from the sunny side to the snowy side and played with new rules and restrictions.

This is Fisher-Price Family Play Farm #915. It was the first play-and-carry Little People set, which meant that it was a closeable building that housed all the accessories and featured a handle to take the set to go. It proved to be an instant success.

A steel lithographed wind up car called the “Old Jalopy.” The car was made by Marx Toys and is pictured with its original box.

A wooden pull toy in the shape of a duck that makes a quacking sound as it is pulled. Created in 1931, these were the first toys that Fisher-Price ever sold.

An interlocking jigsaw picture puzzle made by the Tuco Workshop Inc in Lockport, NY. Gift Series# 5980, the puzzle is titled “PANNING GOLD”.

Two of the original auditorium seats from Kleinhan’s Music Hall, which opened in 1940. They were later given to the Museum to use in the auditorium, but were removed in 2001 when the auditorium was remodeled.

A ventriloquist dummy of "Howdy Doody", originally a marionette on "The Howdy Doody Show" that was voiced by Buffalo Bob Smith. The show ran from 1947-1960 on NBC.

These are two rectangular wood blocks that, when inked, were used to print "PALACE" and "BURLESK" on posters. The wood blocks were used to localize posters of national touring burlesque acts, which appeared at Buffalo's Palace Theatre.

These are two rectangular wood blocks that, when inked, were used to print "PALACE" and "BURLESK" on posters. The wood blocks were used to localize posters of national touring burlesque acts, which appeared at Buffalo's Palace Theatre.

Madame Le Doll, an automaton imported from a doll show in Paris and was the highlight of the Great Buffalo Doll Show in 1895. With a turn of a key, Madame Le Doll turns her head, fans herself, twirls her parasol, breathes, and winks.