I had one in the 20's. There is one in our garage with a thick coat of white paint. It came with this house when we bought it 37 years ago. My wife hauls garden stuff in it
Will sell the wagon for restoration. John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: shabbona_rr To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:13 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Made in the USA True, but you had to go to those stores to find it. Today, it is more the norm than not. That's why the Pawnbrokers and Pickers pay a premium for old toys. Even low-cost Marx trains were better quality than today's offerings (toys,that is). Anybody besides me have a Radio Flyer wagon in 1950? Bob Nicholson ______________________________________ --- In [email protected], "richgajnak" <rustytraque@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@> wrote: > > > > Look at how well toys and AF, etc., from the forties and fifties has held up compared to the cheap plastic disposable junk sold at Toys"R" us, for instance. > > > > In fact, AF was so well designed it blurred the line between scale models and toy trains in its day. > > > > Bob Nicholson __________________________________________ > > There was a lot of cheap plastic, disposable stuff sold at F. W. Woolworth's and S. S. Kresge's back in the 50's and 60's that did't survive the decades, either... ;-) > > Rich G(ajnak) > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6770 (20120105) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6770 (20120105) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
