Christmas 1921

That's a real time capsule, whatever it is.

Here is a site which states it's from Christmas circa 1920 in Wash D.C.

Other cool toy train shots here as well.

http://www.papatedsplace.com/Christmas1920s.html

Very cool. You can see a couple of small train sets, transformers, and RR signals. Also looks like one of the small tinplate bungalows (which I see ron mentioned above).

If the boy doesn't want a new train set, there are a few pistols displayed in the front-center.

And as the one caption says, the one in the center is not a cap gun, either.

Nice look into the past.

Agree with the large revolver in the center. .44 Peacemaker perhaps?

Don't be mislead by (unknowing) viewer comments or by the realistic look of the pieces.  Those are very likely toy guns, and back in the day and through the 1950s you would often be hard-pressed to tell the difference between a cap pistol and the real deal.  Those were good times for us cops & robbers/cowboys & indians kids.

The guns are, left to right, (probably) a 1914 Mauser pocket auto, a popular import right after the War To End All Wars.  The Smith and Wesson facing right is a Hand Ejector double action model, likely a .32 or .38 from the size. The one in the middle under the S&W can't be seen.  The one on the right is a Colt Model 1903 pocket hammerless in .32 or the Model M in .380, very popular little guns made up until about 1935.  General Patton carried one in .380 as a hideout gun.  The Colts look identical and are the same size with only the caliber differentiating between them.

The boxes under the guns are U S Cartridge Company ammo cartons.  I'd venture from the size and shape that they are for shotgun shells.

The little rifle on the right side is a Winchester model 1906 .22 slide action and the one on the left is a Daisy BB gun in a musket style, very popular so soon after WWI.  I don't think the bayonet is original equipment but a war surplus item, quite possibly a musket "socket style" bayonet left over from the Civil War, added to boost sales.

I don't know much about trains (other than I like them a lot), but I know guns pretty well.

Well the Lionel material shown are:

Outfit #70 Accessories (two #62 Semaphores, #59 Lamp Post, #68 Crossing Sign)

Outfit #159 - 158 loco and two 901 Gondolas

Outfit #160 - 150 loco and two 600 Passenger cars

Outfit #166 - 156 loco with two 610 Pass. cars and one 612 Observation

Outfit #421 - 42 loco, a 18 Pullman and 190 Observation (probably no room for the #19 Pullman Baggage)

#57 Lamp Post

#61 Lamp

#65 Semaphore

#69 or 069 Warning Bell

#184 Bungalow (1923 first cataloged)

Type A Transformer

Type B Transformer

Ron M

I wonder if any of these signals or other items in the photos made it into any of our collections, or went to the landfill instead?

JoeG

As somebody who grew up in and around Washington and environs, it's neat to see that store which was located on F Street, N.W. F Street was Ground Zero for the downtown shopping district for much of the 20th Century,  and I have vague memories of begin taken downtown (late 50s/early 60s) around the holidays to "window shop."  The major department stores were all in that area and it was the era where folks came from all around to stroll and look at the holiday decorations.

Real "A Christmas Story" stuff!

I own multiples of all of the 57s, 61s, 65s, 69s, 069s and 184s. A boxed 70 outfit. Have a 158 and some  other 150 series locos. No 156s yet. A 42 and 18, 19 and 190 cars. Primarily I am into accessories, whosoever is the manufacturer.

1923 Catalog Prices:

Outfit #70 Accessories (two #62 Semaphores, #59 Lamp Post, #68 Crossing Sign) $4.25

Outfit #159 - 158 loco and two 901 Gondolas    $5.75

Outfit #160 - 150 loco and two 600 Passenger cars $8.50

Outfit #166 - 156 loco with two 610 Pass. cars and one 612 Observation $22.75

Outfit #421 - 42 loco, a 18 Pullman and 190 Observation (probably no room for the #19 Pullman Baggage) $52.50

#57 Lamp Post $1.25

#61 Lamp $2.10

#65 Semaphore $2.50

#69 or 069 Warning Bell $3.35 / $3.15

#184 Bungalow (1923 first cataloged) $1.50

Type A Transformer $3.65

Type B Transformer $5.00

Ron M

Kinda makes one feel like crying, doesn't it?

That was great viewing, Thanks.