Mr. Hershey's Rare Crystal Torchère Illuminated

THE LEGACY NEWS from THE M.S. HERSHEY FOUNDATION I SPRING/SUMMER 2015 I ISSUE 20 Mr. He rshey’s Rare Crystal Torchère Illuminated 120-Year Old Opulent Floor Lamp with Rich History Retrofitted with 30 LED Lights rare crystal torchère that Milton Hershey once owned has returned to AThe Hershey Story after a one-year absence. Created for the 1893 Columbian Exposition Hershey Gardens Butterfly House in Chicago, where Milton Hershey purchased Opens Friday, May 22! his first chocolate-making equipment, the tower - Flutter by Hershey Gardens’ Butterfly ing floor lamp has recently been retrofitted with House this summer! You’ll be welcomed by 30 LED lights and is lit for the first time in more hundreds of butterflies representing 25 va - than six years. rieties. Now in its 18th season, the outdoor “We disassembled the 1,329-piece torchère house features nectar plants for food, as and removed it from the museum’s permanent well as host plants for egg laying and cater - exhibit in February 2014 after learning that a pillar feeding. Discover the entire life cycle previous repair was showing compromise,” said of the butterfly, including the popular Amy Bischof, director. “During the past year, chrysalis box, which holds more than 100 repairs have been made and the torchère’s 30 emerging butterflies. electrical arms are now illuminated with LED lights.” The torchère has not been lit since 2008, when it was on display in the former Hershey Museum. “In the late 1800s electricity was not a com - mon household convenience like it is today, so the torchère was a marvel of electrical invention at the Columbian Exposition, where electricity was a main feature,” said Valerie Seiber, collec - tions manager. “Now 120 years later, today’s modern technology is keeping the torchère lit for future generations to enjoy.” The chrysalis box helps young visitors understand the After a one-year absence, the 120-year old crystal torchère now life cycle of the butterfly (continued on page 3) shines with 30 LED lights This summer brings a relative newcomer to the Butterfly House: the Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais ) butterfly, also known as FREE Summer Fun for the Whole Family the Janais Patch. “The Crimson Patch is common in north - at ChocolateTown Square! ern Colombia, Cen - Presented by The Hershey Story tral America, Mexico Wednesday, July 1 at Noon friend, e Fairy Queen, teach the importance and southern Texas,” Silly Joe Sings of conservation. said John Fortino, Silly Joe entertains audiences with high-energy Butterfly House songs about the everyday lives of kids and families. Wednesday, July 22 at Noon coordinator. With a guitar, a loud voice, a wig, a kazoo, boxer Forgotten Friends “It is a small shorts, and a lot of silly body movements, Silly Joe is interactive show is The Crimson Patch butterfly butterfly with keeps everyone involved in the show! “crawling” with fun and broad wings; the upper wings are slightly laughter, presented by her - pointed and the lower wings are rounded,” Wednesday, July 8 at Noon petologist, author, photog - said Fortino. Juggling Hoffmans rapher, and certified class The Crimson Patch can be identified by You'll be amazed by the tricks clown, Jesse Rothacker. Meet live snakes, lizards, the prominent red patch found on each of and amused by the antics in a turtles and crocs; some from around the world its lower wings. “The wings are held closed smile-a-long, laugh-a-long in - and a few from your own backyard! when the butterfly is feeding or resting, teractive good time for all which makes the red patches appear Wednesday, July 29 at Noon ages. It's a kid's show the orange on the undersides of the wings,” Toy Chest Treasures: Toys from Long Ago adults will love, too! noted Fortino. Families can have fun outdoors with old-fash - The Butterfly House is open daily from 9 Wednesday, July 15 at Noon ioned toys, such as hula-hoops, ring tosses and a.m. to 5 p.m., May 22 through September whimmy-diddles that require “kid-power!” 13, and is included in general admission. Kit’s Kaboodle: Mother Nature In case of inclement weather, guests are Mother Nature packs a powerful message with her ChocolateTown Square is located in downtown Hershey at Cocoa and encouraged to visit HersheyGardens.org depiction of the natural world. Combining ecol - Chocolate Avenues. In the event of inclement weather, performances to check for weather-related closures. ogy with mythology, Mother Nature and her will take place at The Hershey Story. TH ELEGACY MSHersheyFoundation.org Museum’s Collection Plan Helps Guide New Accessions New artifacts recently acquired he Hershey Story is continuously seeking canister to its final destination through a system practice sessions and thus improve the band’s rep - Tto expand its collection of artifacts to in - of pipelines inside the building. utation,” said Seiber. During the off-season, the clude items that relate to Hershey history. The canister was made by the Lamson Engi - band played at special events, the Hershey Store “The process of acquiring items by a mu - neering Company, Ltd. and dates to the mid- Company, and was even available for hire. The seum is important,” said Valerie Seiber, collec - 20th century. band became well known for their broad reper - tions manager. “Accessioning is a formal, legal toire of sacred and secular music under the direc - process of accepting an object into a museum Hershey Park Wool Bathing Suit tion of Samuel J. Feese. “Upon Feese’s death in collection. Because accessioning an object car - In the 1920s and 1930s the 1918, participation in the Hershey Band declined ries an obligation to care for that object in per - Hershey Park swimming and never achieved the same success,” said Seiber. petuity, it is a serious decision.” pool was just one of the This trombone was made by J.W. Pepper “Most museums, including The Hershey many attractions that drew around 1910. Instruments were purchased by the Story, have formal accessioning procedures and people to Hershey. At the chocolate company for members of the band. practices guided by professional standards. bathhouse, guests changed These are typically set out as part of a mu - into their bathing “cos - Shirt made from Hershey’s Cuban Sugar Bag seum's collections management policy,” said tumes” before entering From 1916 to 1946, the Hershey Corporation Seiber. “Additionally, the museum has a col - the pool. owned and lecting plan that we use to determine which “Though it may seem operated sugar items we should acquire. The collecting plan surprising today, if you plantations and identifies and prioritizes subject areas or did not own a swim - refineries in even specific objects that are underrepre - suit, you could rent a Cuba. Mr. sented in the museum’s collection.” suit for a small fee,” said Hershey’s reason Wool bathing suits like this one Seiber. “To that end, we have recently acquired sev - could be rented at the Hershey for investing in eral new artifacts for the museum’s permanent Park swimming pool in the 1920s This women’s black Cuba was to collection,” said Seiber. “All these items were and 1930s wool suit is decorated ensure he had not represented in the museum’s collection. with a red emblem and the letters “HP” on the access to sugar Each object helps to preserve and tell the side of the modesty panel, which covers the This shirt was made from a Hershey’s after World War many stories of Hershey.” shorts underneath. The suit was made by Gant - Cuban Sugar bag in the 1940s I threatened cur - ner & Mattern Company of San Francisco, one rent sources. Excess sugar was sold to consumers The newly acquired items include: of the premier designers of swimwear of the era. and businesses in 5-, 10-, 25- and 100-pound Pneumatic Transit System Canister cotton bags. In 1920, the Hershey Department Store Trombone from the Hershey Band One such customer of Hershey’s sugar was opened in the Press Building on the corner of Formed in 1906, the Hershey Band comprised Joaquin Prieto-Hernandez, a bakery owner living Chocolate Avenue 30 to 40 local men. During summer evenings, the in Havana, Cuba. Joaquin’s bakery, Panaderia and Park Avenue. Hershey Band could be found playing at the Nuestra Señora del Rosario Sociedad Anonima Cash transactions Hershey Park Band - (Our Lady of the Rosary Bakery Company, Ltd.) were completed in stand. Musicians re - bought sugar in 100-pound sacks. Joaquin’s These tubes were used to each department ceived $3 for the mother, Vicenta Hernandez-Rico, repurposed the transport credit receipts in the using a register. summer season until sacks into different items, including clothing, such Press Building during the 1920s “However, receipts 1912, when members as this sleeveless shirt, made in the early 1940s. for credit transactions were sent to the book - were paid $1 for each Though the blue printing has faded and the keeping department located on the second rehearsal they at - sack has been turned inside-out and upside-down, floor near the furniture department,” said tended throughout the words “Central Hershey, Cuba” are still clearly Seiber. the year. visible through the material. For efficiency, credit slips were sent via a “It was hoped this “There is a strong tradition of thrifty families pneumatic tube transfer system. The receipt change would entice repurposing what they had at hand, and this shirt, members to regularly This trombone, made in 1910, is with its great family history, is a wonderful addi - was placed in a canister and then placed inside engraved with “Hershey Chocolate a pressurized tube.

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