REWIND.....Remembering the Pevely Legacy 17, May 2011 On Saturday, May 14, Arthur F. Kerckhoff, Jr., passed away at his home in Ladue at the age of 82. His family founded Pevely Dairy Co. in 1887, and in 2008 Kerckhoff donated a sizable artifact from the business to the Missouri History Museum collections. In the first half of the 20th century, the Pevely Dairy’s horse-drawn wagon could be seen in the streets of Webster Groves and St. Louis making milk deliveries. Made by the John Guedelhoefer Wagon Co. of Indianapolis, the wagon still has the Webster Groves vehicle tax tag from 1945 in its interior. Advertising pints of milk for 28 cents and quarts for 50 cents, as well as ice cream bars for 5 and 10 cents each, the wagon must have been a welcome sight during hot summer days. Guedelhoefer specialized in building dairy wagons, and this wood-framed, tin-paneled model could have been a top-of-the-line vehicle when it was made. This is the type of artifact the Museum would love to exhibit in the future, but before we can do that, a great deal of conservation work needs to be done first. Paint is chipping, the fabric over the roof is torn, some of the wood has losses, and it needs a thorough cleaning and stabilization to prevent further deterioration. —Margaret Koch, Director of Exhibitions and Research historyhappenshere.org/sites/default/files/images/IMG_6414.jpg
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