Cherokee Toy Show

Evan's toys The Annual Cherokee Farm Toy Show featured a variety of toys from days gone by...including this fire truck and army Jeep being displayed by Evan Knapp.

If advertising ag memorabilia was your cup of tea, you were probably one of the many folks who dropped in at this year's Cherokee Farm Toy Show. There were plenty of vintage advertisements found there including this Ford Tractor placard being displayed by Allison Elliott of Cherokee

Red Power If it was a tractor, a scale model of it could probably have been found at this year's Farm Toy Show. Brothers Nate and Nick O'Bryan, for example, were seen checking out this fine Farmall.

DeBoers' Deere During the Cherokee Farm Toy Show, Jim DeBoer's display of scale model replicas of John Deere equipment received a lot of attention...and for good reason. The Orange City craftsman made the models, including the one he is holding in this picture, entirely of wood. Many of his impressive models include working parts like steering and moveable buckets.

Oldie but goodie There were a few great eye catchers at this year's Farm Toy Show. Neil Warner of Cherokee found himself attracted to this rare Musical Jolly Chimp mechanical toy still in its box.

Dynamic Deeres The 17th Annual Cherokee Farm Show featured a number of unique items on display like these scale model replicas of John Deere equipment crafted from wood by Jim DeBoer. Some of the impressive models are seen in this photo being checked out by Phil Petersen of Holstein.

Picker and grinners If you were a collector of anything dealing with John Deere green, the Farm Toy Show was definitely a bonanza. During their visit to the show, Margaret Steward and Eugene Ferris of rural Washta discovered this scale model of a John Deere 60 with a mounted picker/sheller.

Trucking at the Toy Show The Cherokee Farm Toy Show had more than enough antique and new toys, NASCAR and Coke collectibles, nostalgia farm items and miniature tractors on hand to enchant all the many collectors dropping in for the event. Ryan Cougill and his kid brother Jacob, for example, couldn't resist checking out these toy semi trucks that dated back to the 50's and 60's.