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section 3: farm buildings & animals, shops and misc. buildings, 1880s to 1920s

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Warehouse, probably German, lithographed brick walls and roof tiles over wood, 14" high, c1900

 

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1905 "Modern Warehouse" in the Wiemann & Muench catalogue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

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1897 F.A.O. Schwarz catalogue, New York, likely made in Germany

 

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Stable, likely German c1900, almost 12" high, with housing for farm workers in the upper level; iron wagon and wheelbarrow; painted composition horses (one retaining its original felt blanket and leather girdle), 4½" long; painted tin canoe (leaning at right)

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Horses in painted composition (papier mâché) with wood legs, foal marked Germany, brown mare 5" high, c1915-20; dolls marked Germany in original clothing c1930; painted metal pump, 5" high, c1915

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1914 horse and cow, papier mâché, imported [from Germany], free-standing; Butler Brothers catalogue

 

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c1910 cattle and donkey, painted composition with wooden legs, steer 4½" long and marked Germany

 

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Flock of sheep, likely German, ram 3" high, early 20th century

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1905 Weimann & Muench catalogue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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1914 ad by Butler Brothers

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1905 blue-roof stable by the German maker Gottschalk ,model # 3256, ad in the Wanamaker catalogue, USA

 

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above Stable, 11½" high, with hinged upper door and metal hay crib; similar to model 5544 by the Moritz Gottschalk toy factory of Germany

 

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Above Toy stable in the Der Universal-Spielwaren-Katalog 1924 mit Neuheiten-Nachtrag 1926; this is an old fashioned toy by these years -- mechanized vehicles and equipment were taking over farm work from horse power

 

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1911 Bliss stable with horses on wheeled platforms and a wagon; the upper fronts have a half timber design printed on paper glued to wood, as in the stable shown below

 

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A painted metal wagon pulled by a pair of black horses and directed by a driver, shaft marked "MADE IN U.S.A.", attached is a hand-written note "bought by Dad in 1944" (but similar to examples made much earlier), overall length 11"; an outhouse ("World's Smallest Library") dated 1938

 

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Painted papier mâché horse, 4" high, with original harness and chains, on platform with wheels, likely German and meant to pull a wagon

 

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1894 Montgomery Ward catalogue showing a papier mâché German horse on a platform with wheels, some are independant with saddles while others are meant to pull wagons

 

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Pair of horses, covered with imitation horse-hair, and retaining their original tails, manes and glass eyes, as well as (imitation) leather and metal harnesses, 5" long, likely German in origin; metal and celluloid lantern, just under 1½" high, by the American firm Tootsietoy c1930s

 

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1921 covered horses on platforms with wheels, Sears Roebuck catalogue

 

1838 the tradition of playing with animals on wheeled platforms and horse stables has spanned a long time in Germany; note also the toy soldiers and doll (detail from 1838 painting by Wilheim von Harnier)

 

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one of the smallest and plainest of the Red Robin Farm buildings by the American manufacturer Converse; 6½" high, early 20th century

 

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1914 Roosevelt Stock Farm by Converse of Massachusetts, Marshall Field catalogue; the main doorway is arched ; the colours and patterns are printed directly on the wood; some models have a roof ventilator, sliding doors and porthole openings on the back wall to ventilate the horse stalls; note the animals cut out of thin pieces of wood supported on wood bases

 

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1922 Red Robin stock farm by Converse, Sear Roebuck catalogue

 

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1905 four stables in the Wiemann & Muench catalogue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; lithographed paper over wood;   below: two are Bliss examples made in Rhode Island

 

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1893 Carl Stirn of New York catalogue, stable probably imported from Germany (although Stirn & Lyon also made toys in the 1870s and '80s); its simple lines contrasts with the example below

 

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above: 1893 Carl Stirn of New York catalogue, stable probably imported from Germany (although Stirn & Lyon also made toys in the 1870s and '80s) and likely a product of the Gottschalk firm; "a finer stable", it came with a wonderful array of accessories including the coachman with his whip; also shown in the 1897 F.A.O Schwarz catalogue, New York

 

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The young master stands proud with one possessive hand on his fine stable topped by quarters for the coachman and his assistants. Undated postcard likely showing a German-made stable c1900.

 

 

 

 

 

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The horse  in the stable above seems to be cast-iron of the sort shown on the left. (It has lost the wagon or cart it should be pulling.)

 

 

 

 

 

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1905    open stable, the pair of horses with their plebian farm wagon must have been envious of the racing horse pulling a sulky portrayed in the picture over their heads; ad in the Wanamaker catalogue, USA

 

 

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above & right: Open stable made by Christian Hacker, Nuremberg, Germany, working from the mid 19th century to 1914; marked on the bottom with a printed paper label showing CH entwined   below a crown; exterior walls covered with brick paper, interior painted green, black and white "tile" floor; stalls for 3 horses and wider space for a wagon

 

 

 

 

 

below: Tiny farm buildings made of thin wood in Germany, hand-painted with carved trees, animals and people, sometimes described as putz but the latter is associated with Christmas ornament and these were farms to play with year-round; the house is 4 inches wide; the painted lines represent traditional half-timber construction; the doorway surround is elaborate and easier to see in the drawing below of a farm, displayed in an oval wooden box and composed of a house, two outbuildings, fence, four trees, farm woman and a dozen animals from the Carl Stirn catalgue, New York, 1893; the scale was usually inconsistent; the original prices were inexpensive

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above: 1893

 

 

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The painted wood farm building (the lean-to roof is 11 inches long) has a room for housing the farmer or his workers (indicated by the chimney, tiled floor and window), as well as an open shelter for animals; while all the animals are simple in their forms, some are more detailed, for example certain sheep have three-dimensional ears; the well is painted metal; the woman at the well is painted wood, hinged at the shoulders and hips and with a skirt made from real fabric ; she is 1½ inches high; the all-wood woman on the left has long painted braids; the wagon, made in France, is painted metal; the farm is displayed on a modern wood tray, painted to represent the surface of a barn yard; tacky wax helps support the individual pieces

 

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1897 F.A.O. Schwarz catalogue, New York, "wooden box toys", farms $1 to $3

 

 

 

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Many of these tiny painted wood items were made in the Erzgebirge area, in the eastern part of Germany. This the trademark for the "best Erzgebirge-made little playthings" (printed on a small cardboard box holding items portraying a hunting scene).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A fox is pursuing two rabbits (which admittedly look like the goats in another set). The stag is 1½ inches high.

 

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Farmers ploughing (printed on the top of a carboard box, 1.5 in. wide x 2.25 in. long x ¾ in. deep, holding the set below; men each 1¼ in. high) "The best wooden Miniature Toys"

 

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Goats and goat-herder

 

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right Butler Brothers, tin stable with horse and cab

below tin cab, painted green, 3¾ in. high

 

 

 

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1914 celluloid (thin, brittle, moulded early form of plastic) horse, Marshall Field catalogue

 

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c1914 cast iron horse, made as a bank, given to a boy born in Ontario in 1919

 

 

 

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1996 Canadian hand-painted and hand-carved wood horse wearing vintage blanket, saddle and harness

 

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Pig barn home-made in Quebec, Canada, with removable roof, smaller scale than usual, 6½" high, typical painted pattern on the doors of farm buildings in French Canada, date unknown, possibly 1930s (accessories manufactured recently)

 

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Farm outbuilding with lean-to roof, home-made in south-eastern Ontario, Canada, probably based on an existing farm, 13" long, date unknown, possibly 1940s; stump and axe carved in Quebec; model of a well, found in Ontario, c1900; painted metal goat (3½" high) and composition-wood dog, probably made in Germany

 

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1905 Wiemann &Muench catalogue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; both fire stations are by the American Bliss firm

 

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1893 Carl Stirn catalogue, New York, perhaps a German import (although Stirn & Lyon also made toys in the 1870s and '80s)

 

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1905

butcher shop attributed to Gottschalk, ad in the Wanamaker catalogue, USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1902 grocery shop made by Gottschalk # 3510 (see below), ad in the 1905 Wanamaker catalogue, USA

 

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1893 Carl Stirn catalogue, New York, likely a German import (although Stirn & Lyon also made toys in the 1870s and '80s) possibly Gottschalk; also shown in the 1897 F.A.O. Schwarz catalogue, New York

 

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1908 postcard showing a general store, perhaps by Gottschalk

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It has similarities to the German sweet shop illustrated below.

 

 

German sweet shop with original decoration, cakes, lion face drawer pulls, scales, mother and twins (in original clothing), posters and “chocolate” rabbits; the shop’s base is 17 inches wide. The “posters” or cards date from 1900 labelled Stollwercksche Chocolade, a company headed from 1883 to 1922 by Ludwig Stollwerck (1857-1922) in Cologne.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The floral decoration is in Art Nouveau style

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A real store interior from the early 20th century, Canadian or American, undated postcard.

 

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German fancy goods shop attributed to J.F. Schreiber, c1910; finials and brass rod added; modern ladder; a customer and her son chat with two sales clerks (the latter made in Vichy, France); all in their original clothes

 

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The style is Art Nouveau with elegant, curvilinear patterns in relief and fretwork; the drawers open

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Sunflowers (left) were an important motif at the turn of the 20th century; the doors (above) slide; the knobs are original

 

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Cardboard and glass display box

 

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Shop tabby cat

 

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Epicerie Parisienne, French, early 20th century; 2 rooms with a passageway opening; built-in and labelled drawers for groceries; original hanging shelf and ladder

 

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Above Coffee shop with floor-model grinder, 1899, Eaton’s catalogue, Toronto, Canada

 

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Original ladderback sidechair with woven seat, slant-top desk and open cupboard in the tobacco section, which is signified by the device fixed to the top right corner; cigar boxes, rolled tobacco packages and cigarette boxes

 

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Original metal scales

 

General store display with modern, vintage and antique items; shop counter & shelving c1930s

 

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American one-room school house "District No. 29", likely built in the second half of the 1940s but representative of such schools from the 1920s & '30s, painted wood, double-hung sash, chimney, belfry

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The roof lifts off to reveal the interior with its chalkboard; the metal teacher's desk, swivel chair, student desks with folding seats and stool are original to the building, as are some pieces of outside play equipment

 

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The teacher's metal desk and swivel chair came with the school house; the bisque teacher dates from the 1920s, including his clothing; the school supplies are modern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real wooden teacher's desk made by the F.E. Osborne Company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1927

 

 

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The students date from the 1920s, including their clothing; the school supplies are modern; the metal desks came with the school house.

 

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Real metal & wood student desk made by F.E. Osborne Company of Calgary, Alberta, in 1927; real school supplies from c1930 catalogue published in Montreal, Canada

 

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metal scooter, 3 inches long; china girl on right, 3 inches high; both girls are in original dresses

 

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Ruth McLeod, born 1920, at public school in Ontario, Canada; note the bobbed haircut seen also in the dolls, the desks and the pegstrip on which coats and hats are hanging.

 

 

 

 

 

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