(Treatment in Progress)
Arcade Box Restoration for the Stephenson County (Illinois) Historical Society Museum
(December 2025)
A box from toys that were manufactured at the Arcade Toy Factory, which was local to Stephenson County, where the museum is located. The project entails mending the broken box, which will be exhibited at the museum after treatment. The structure will be stabilized and losses compensated.
Box at the museum, before sending to us for conservation, showing the original antique toys which came in the box. (credit: Stephenson County Museum)
This and the following photos are before treatment images.
Platform built to temporarily place inside the lid to support the structure during treatment.