2017 Strongsville Historical Society Harvest Festival

Strongsville Historical Society Harvest Festival is a Great Free Event for All

Watchmaking Demonstration located in the Dr. Baldwin’s House

Sign as you enter the Baldwin House

Demonstrating how watches work to kids is always fun

Talking how watches are regulated

Watch Repair Exhibit

Explaining the dangers of watch repair and sharing some funny stories

It is so much fun to hear all these pocket watches ticking away at one time

Watch Cleaning Machine, Watchmakers Lathe, and Timegrapher

Demonstrating how to disassemble a watch

Working on a watch

Removing the gear train for cleaning

Cleveland Watch Repair

Some of the tools used to work on watches

The Timegrapher machine is a big help regulating a watch as was demonstrated during the festival

Continuing to disassemble the watch for cleaning

Always fun talking watches with people. At the end of the festival, I had this watch completely disassembled, cleaned, reassembled, lubricated, regulated and running great

A visit to the Historical Society is like stepping back in time

Strongsville Historical Society Harvest Festival

Strongsville Historical Society Harvest Festival

Strongsville Harvest Festival

Making candles the old-fashioned way is always fun for all

One of the best hat collections around

More cool hats

The latest fashion of the day

The way it used to be

One of the first log cabins built in Strongsville around 1818. Inside they were baking cookies the old-fashioned way

Great music to set the mood

Some of the volunteers that made the day special for the kids

An old-fashioned lawn mower demonstration

The end of the day of a Great Fall Festival

A special watch was made for the “Guess When the Watch will Stop Contest” for the Fall Festival. The watch stopped at 2:37 am on Sunday night and the winner was Shelley L. who guessed the closest time. Congratulations Shelley, you won the watch and the display. Thanks to all who entered the contest.