Vintage and Yard Sale Donations Welcome
As of June 1, we are accepting donations for this year’s vintage and yard sale which will take place Saturday, October 5. Items we are looking for:
Household goods, toys, games, vintage items, decorative/seasonal, CA history, linens, vintage tools.
We cannot accept:
Books, clothes, furniture, electronics.
July 29 - 7 p.m. Charitable Giving And Your Financial Strategy
The seminar will share an overview about charitable giving and how it ties into your financial strategies. It is also an educational program designed to help individuals understand the important role a well-executed estate plan can play in ensuring their strategy remains aligned with their goals.
Attendees will learn how charitable giving can be part of a long-term financial strategy, including potential tax benefits and information about advanced giving channels. Whether you have a passion to help a specific organization, or you’re just starting to think about leaving a legacy — this topic is relevant for you. You don’t have to be wealthy to make a difference in the lives of loved ones or a charity. If you’re on a philanthropic journey now, or you’d like to leave a specific dollar amount to a charity in the future, it’s important to create a strategy that helps you control your financial legacy.
New Exhibit Case with Toy Collection
In the upstairs hallway, right in front of the Hendy timeline, visitors will spot a new exhibit: a glass case displaying vintage toys from the 1940s and 50s, mainly tin-type, including vehicles made of tin, a doll, a clock, pick-up sticks, stacking rings, and more! The glass case is a donation from Sunnyvale resident Barry Vickrey whose ancestors used it in their store.
Accompanying the Holiday exhibit, this case will feature vintage Lego models from the Bay Area Lego Users Group from early October through the Holidays.
New Kitchen Item: Dough Box
Visitors will find a new item in the kitchen display at the museum: a "dough box" from the early 1800s. These were used in big households to prepare the dough for bread and other baked goods. All the ingredients were mixed and kneaded in the trough, then the lid was shut for the dough to proof. Once the dough had risen, the baker could form loaves and transfer them to the oven to bake.
We are grateful for the donation of this tool from Mary Chapman, a Sunnyvale resident whose family had kept it for several generations.
Two Centuries of Fashion
The current exhibit “Two Centuries of Fashion” will be extended through the summer and dismantled starting September 3. Since the majority of the items are extremely fragile, and a number of them still need to be archived, it will take several weeks of careful handling to take them all down. – In October, the Bay Area Lego Users Group will begin setting up the Holiday exhibit: a Lego Gingerbread Village with a working train. That display will be on view from October 15 through the Holidays and close January 5.
The new rotating exhibit which will be displayed until August will delight visitors with a nostalgic view of attire worn during a period of two hundred years – from hoop skirts up to today’s fashions. The Sunnyvale Historical Society is grateful to the various donors who made this very special exhibit possible! Donations include the collections from museum volunteer Cindy Cotton ancestors (with some of the oldest pieces on view), the Butcher family, Ida Trubschenck, and the Jain-Case collection. Some pieces on display are on loan from society members or stem from the museum’s own permanent collection.
The exhibit features items of attire such as dresses, ladies’ suits, coats, and hats as well as purses, and some male attire, too. Both formal and daytime wear are included. The majority of the items range from the 1860s to the flapper era.
This exhibit will be on view through August.