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PHOTOS: Authentic 1860s baseball, Victorian-era games highlight Pennypacker Mills summer event

The event was held Saturday at its historic Schwenksville site.

Photo by James Short.

The event was held Saturday at its historic Schwenksville site.

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Any news that people got the morbs at Pennypacker Mills’s Victorian Games event is downright balderdash. On the contrary, those in attendance and those providing a tickety-boo event were gigglemugging and lollygagging and nanty narking all afternoon in Schwenksville.

Victoria-era game day had fun pastimes from the mid- to late-19th Century, including  an era-authentic baseball game by the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia, croquet, ring toss, cup and ball, Jacob’s Ladder and more.

Flip books and stereoscopes showed off the Victorian era’s equivalent of a VR system.

Located at 5 Haldeman Road in Schwenksville, Pennypacker Mills is an immersive colonial revival mansion that offers visitors a unique glimpse into the past. Pennypacker Mills is operated by Montgomery County’s Division of Parks, Trails & Historic Sites. The site is open year-round for free guided tours, seasonal events, craft workshops, special presentations, education programs, the StoryWalk® and changing exhibits.

Check out photos from the Victorian game party below:

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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He was born and raised in and around Lansdale and attended North Penn High School. Lansdale born. St. Patrick's Day, 1980.

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