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Hello to everyone on the forum,

At a train show last weekend, I bought this building. See the attached photos. It was cheap and I was quite intrigued by it. I'd never seen one before. The seller knew nothing about it except to say his Dad had it since he was a kid in the early 1950s.

It measures 4.5" wide, 3" deep, and 2.75" tall at its tallest point. It looks to have the original paint on it and it's decorated with vintage advertisements for Chicklets gum on the back and RKO Theaters and Philip Morris on each side. It says "Local Trains Stop On Signal" above the opening. Inside, it looks like something on the left side near the front has broken off.

The more I look at, the more I like it. Does anybody know what this is? Was it made commercially or is it homemade? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

Tom

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Hello to everyone on the forum,

At a train show last weekend, I bought this building. See the attached photos. It was cheap and I was quite intrigued by it. I'd never seen one before. The seller knew nothing about it except to say his Dad had it since he was a kid in the early 1950s.

It measures 4.5" wide, 3" deep, and 2.75" tall at its tallest point. It looks to have the original paint on it and it's decorated with vintage advertisements for Chicklets gum on the back and RKO Theaters and Philip Morris on each side. It says "Local Trains Stop On Signal" above the opening. Inside, it looks like something on the left side near the front has broken off.

The more I look at, the more I like it. Does anybody know what this is? Was it made commercially or is it homemade? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

Tom

It's postwar American flyer. Not sure of the number.

Looks like great minds follow the same pattern!

I had a similar orphan, a nicely detailed but plain brown (and broken) plastic newsstand I acquired as a leftover part of a set I bought for one specific item. At first I was unsure what to do with it, but I ended up repairing, repainting and adding some further detail to it, and it now has a place of honor in the elevated trolley station:

newsstand front

el station

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