Description: early 1900’s vintage wolverine toy kitchen set. This set includes *refrigerator *sink *washing machine (crank still works) *stove A little about the company “Wolverine Toys: tin-litho stars” article which appeared in the 1997 Spring issue of Collectibles: Flea Market Finds magazine notes: “In 1903, Benjamin E. Bain established a business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to manufacture and repair tools and dies. He called his new venture the Wolverine Supply and Mfg. Co., after the mascot of his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Shortly after Bain opened his doors, the Sand Toy Company of Pittsburgh asked him to make tools for their mechanical, gravity-action sand toy—the Sandy Andy. Before long, Bain bought out the toy company and began making the complete Sandy Andy, Wolverine’s first toy. Wolverine soon introduced other mechanical sand toys, and, by 1913, they were being sold in large department stores all over the U.S…. “Although Wolverine made the same housekeeping items from the 1920s to the ‘60s—stoves, refrigerators, kitchen sinks—they continually updated and modernized them. Their 1942 refrigerator, with the tin-litho foods on the inside of the door, gave way, in 1955, to the ‘latest’ modern appliances: a refrigerator with separate freeze and fridge doors, complete with ice-cube trays and mini packages of frozen foods. Two years later, the refrigerator was updated with a revolving shelf.
Price: 75 USD
Location: Booneville, Mississippi
End Time: 2024-09-30T23:31:11.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year: 1900
Vintage: Yes
