11/9/2025 Update:
The offer is now suspended due to a lack of interest. Deposits have been refunded. If there is an organization willing to order at least 25 units, please contact Mr. Local History directly. Thanks to those who supported the Warren Township history effort.
Announcement:
The decision was made at our recent board meeting to allow one run of a historic icon that was just restored in Warren Township, New Jersey. While the Warren EggOmat is not 100 years old like many of the others in the collection, we are so proud to welcome you all to our Mr. Local History Pre-Order post about a one-time run of a historic keepsake. We will NOT keep inventory, and there will be ONLY ONE run, so you have to pre-order in order to get one of what will truly become another famous Cat’s Meow Village keepsake, part of the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection.
The Governor of New Jersey’s Historic Village recently decreed that a new icon be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection in a bold move to expand the only set of New Jersey collectible icons. Introducing the historic EggOMat, which was just recently restored and put on display at the Wagner Arboretum on Mountain Road in Warren Township. This is the FIRST and maybe the only historic icon that will represent Warren Township. Here’s your chance, Warren, to show your pride and support for local history.
Each piece of our entire New Jersey historic wooden village collection showcases our historical research on the back and a beautiful artist rendering on the front. Each collectible, painted on wood, is approximately 4″-6″ high by 4″-10″ inches long and 3/4″ wide. It is part of a very limited run (often less than 100 total pieces), which is often why they quickly become collectibles. Each piece is handmade in the USA. The Mr. Local History Project sinks all proceeds into growing the program to offer more keepsakes. We’ve now grown the village to over 40 keepsakes.
The Mr. Local History Project (MLH) non-profit volunteer organization has been preserving and promoting local history in the Somerset Hills since its establishment in 2019. The all-volunteer group started a wooden miniature keepsake program to share history and artwork that has now become part of New Jersey’s local history and help Jersey historic icons grow as part of the statewide New Jersey Historic Village Collection on Facebook.
Our collection comes and goes. Each piece is only available while supplies last. Several items are no longer available because the product runs are very limited. So act quickly if you need to add to your collection, and see the one you want below.
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