C & F.W. Railroad Car - 11”
Train Locomotive - 14”
CURATOR’S NOTE: “I made the acquaintance of actor Linda Kay at a collector’s show, where I quickly agreed to purchase the wedding dress she wore memorably on Petticoat Junction . But she teased that she had something else to show me, and invited me to the home of her father, who had recently passed away. Noteworthy, her dad Paul Henning was the creator of this series and others, and his English Tudor home memorialized their popularity and his success. Linda pointed up to a ledge that ran above the tall bookcases in their great room, and sitting high atop were the production-used miniature buildings that made up the rural town of Hooterville and its fabled train the Hooterville Cannonball. Linda said if I could get up there, she would sell them to me, so I was either going to get every piece down or have a great story about how I broke my back! These models were old school, extremely detailed, hand-painted, and far better than they needed to be for camera because of pride in workmanship. I’m thankful that someone thought to take them home, because they wouldn’t have survived one day in a studio out building.” - James Comisar
Opposite page: Hooterville miniature distressed wooden water tower (bottom left) with hand-painted sign advertising the “Shady Rest Hotel” featured in the opening titles of Petticoat Junction and later in the spin-o ff series Green Acres; and the Hooterville Cannonball train station miniature (top center) with hand-painted signs that read “HOOTERVILLE ELEV. 1427” and “MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE” seen in stock shots when the vintage, perennially late train was pulling into station. This page: Hooterville Cannonball train miniature (top center) consisting of a black locomotive with red and green detail and “HOOTERVILLE CANNONBALL” signs on both sides of the engineer’s compartment; a green passenger & baggage combine car (not pictured); and a red railroad cargo car filled with scaled cordwood with fanciful “C & F. W. Railroad” hand-painted sign on both sides; and a free-standing covered wooden slat bench with “Shady Rest Hotel” hand-painted sign above (not pictured). Acquired from cast member Linda Kay Henning. daughter of show creator Paul Henning.
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