1970s Era Winchester Virginia Dinosaur Land Water Jug souvenir-Established 1963!

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Check it out...Here's a classic scarce 2 1/2" tall by 2" wide by 2" deep heavy ceramic 1970s era souvenir water jug salt shaker from the Dinosaur Land theme park in Winchester Virginia. Front of the handled jug reads: "Dinosaur Land Winchester, Va." in metallic gold lettering on front. Marked (very faintly) "Paden City Artware W. Va." on the bottom-A neat vintage item ready for display! How many of these survived? This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required.
1970s Era Winchester Virginia Dinosaur Land Water Jug souvenir-Established 1963!
1970s Era Winchester Virginia Dinosaur Land Water Jug souvenir-Established 1963!
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Description
Check it out...Here's a classic scarce 2 1/2" tall by 2" wide by 2" deep heavy ceramic 1970s era souvenir water jug salt shaker from the Dinosaur Land theme park in Winchester Virginia. Front of the handled jug reads: "Dinosaur Land Winchester, Va." in metallic gold lettering on front. Marked (very faintly) "Paden City Artware W. Va." on the bottom-A neat vintage item ready for display! How many of these survived?
Here's some info on the park:
Dinosaur Land is a tourist attraction in White Post, Virginia established in 1963. The park has over fifty dinosaur statues; the differing styles of the recreations demonstrate changing anatomical knowledge and aesthetic design over the decades. Dinosaur Land was started around 1963 by Joseph Geraci as a gift shop called "Rebel Korner"; the name was changed to Dinosaur Land in 1967. Geraci admired other dinosaur sculptures created by James Q. Sidwell, a dinosaur replica designer for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and commissioned Sidwell to create sculptures for a gift shop. The site was started with five dinosaurs created with wooden frames covering wire mesh and fiberglass; new sculptures were added regularly throughout the years. Several of the original dinosaurs were covered with fur and had moving parts, such as a woolly mammoth statue with a moving trunk and flapping ears; those elements have been removed as they were difficult to maintain. About 35 of the dinosaurs on display were created by Sidwell. The park's newer, more scientifically accurate dinosaurs have been created by Mark Cline, creator of nearby roadside attractions Dinosaur Kingdom II and Foamhenge. The site also includes non-dinosaur figures, such as a 70-foot purple octopus, a 60-foot-long shark, and a King Kong statue which provides a photo opportunity with visitors standing in its oversized paw. Figures representing horror creatures such as Dracula and the Mummy were removed after they proved too frightening for younger children. When Geraci died in 1987, his daughters continued to run the site. As of 2015, two of his daughters, Joann Leight and Barbara Seldon, were running the business, with members of the extended family taking roles in maintaining the site and running the gift shop. The park's gift shop sells educational material and toys, including dinosaur memorabilia; the site has been criticized by some visitors for selling Confederate flags and figurines featuring blackface.
This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item!
Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required.
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