Steam Notes

By Bill Lenox
Published on September 1, 1975
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The Wallace Bros. Circus steam calliope, which was stored by the Getz brothers. Picture courtesy of Getz Bros., Yellow Goose Road, Lancaster, Pa. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pa.
The Wallace Bros. Circus steam calliope, which was stored by the Getz brothers. Picture courtesy of Getz Bros., Yellow Goose Road, Lancaster, Pa. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pa.
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No caption on this one, but I'll bet it's the UnaFon - Anna Mae. Picture courtesy of Getz Bros., Yellow Goose Road, Lancaster, Pa. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022
No caption on this one, but I'll bet it's the UnaFon - Anna Mae. Picture courtesy of Getz Bros., Yellow Goose Road, Lancaster, Pa. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022
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The calliope built by Noah Getz, installed on the truck. Standing is Irvin Hoffman and at the keyboard is Lorena Miller. Picture - courtesy of Getz Bros., Yellow Goose Road, Lancaster, Pa. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pa.
The calliope built by Noah Getz, installed on the truck. Standing is Irvin Hoffman and at the keyboard is Lorena Miller. Picture - courtesy of Getz Bros., Yellow Goose Road, Lancaster, Pa. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pa.
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Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022.

‘He’s not musical, he’s
‘steamsical’.’

That’s what Noah Getz’s mother replied when someone
wondered why her son went to the trouble of building a steam
calliope by himself when he didn’t know one note of music from

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