{"content":[{"text":"Bartow Museum Treasures move to Lakeland Miniature Guild \n by Carol Kira \n During April 2021 the Guild was made aware that the Polk County History Museum in Bartow, Florida, was \n looking for a home for four miniatures houses/roomboxes. These pieces had been donated to the museum over \n the years and lovingly used for display and then stored. They were in excellent condition and covered different \n historical periods of America.","bbox":{"left":0.0625,"top":0.04628,"width":0.869216,"height":0.12928}},{"text":"After arranging for the transfer from the museum in May, my husband and I used our pickup truck and van to \n retrieve the pieces and bring them to Lakeland, where we stored them. Luckily we were in the process of clean- \n ing out some unused space and so were able to accommodate them.","bbox":{"left":0.0625,"top":0.191485,"width":0.867334,"height":0.05680300000000002}},{"text":"Aside from the items donated or sold prior to our June 2022 annual show, they will be available \n to view as exhibits at the show. All items will be donated, raffled, or sold to interested miniatur- \n ists.","bbox":{"left":0.0625,"top":0.264745,"width":0.869899,"height":0.06627}},{"text":"The largest is a dollhouse, 3’ x 3’ foot- \n print, ranch style with a long front \n porch. There are eight large rooms \n with access from three sides. Upon \n viewing this house, I immediately \n thought of 2-5 children sitting on the \n floor playing with the house. Club members \n Marcia Kehler and Carol Dissinger picked up the \n house and some donated furniture, and made arrange- \n ments to donate it to the Childcare Center of Lighthouse \n Ministries in Lakeland.","bbox":{"left":0.078431,"top":0.519775,"width":0.441785,"height":0.20225700000000002}},{"text":"This piece is a 1930s three story Tu- \n dor style home. This appears to be an \n extremely well constructed replica of a \n home from New Rochelle, New York. It \n is ½” scale and opens on one side.","bbox":{"left":0.585255,"top":0.549153,"width":0.31150999999999995,"height":0.093167}},{"text":"This piece is a framed room box featuring vintage \n furniture and dolls from circa 1910.","bbox":{"left":0.068628,"top":0.903608,"width":0.386529,"height":0.038621000000000016}},{"text":"This is an early 1900s two story general store.","bbox":{"left":0.530392,"top":0.924441,"width":0.35188200000000003,"height":0.020438999999999985}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.149626,"top":0.320023,"width":0.317409,"height":0.197382},{"left":0.64891,"top":0.316799,"width":0.223522,"height":0.219565},{"left":0.607843,"top":0.649811,"width":0.254902,"height":0.268939}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.149626,"top":0.320023,"width":0.317409,"height":0.197382},{"left":0.64891,"top":0.316799,"width":0.223522,"height":0.219565},{"left":0.607843,"top":0.649811,"width":0.254902,"height":0.268939}]}