Sold for:
$385
$385
Painted Tin "TOY TOWN TAVERN" Trade Sign, Winchendon, Massachusetts, early 20th century, tin panel with applied wooden molding, (scattered rusty surface), 28 x 20 in. Note: The Toy Town Tavern is located in Winchendon, Massachusetts. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the Morton E. Converse Company, named after its founder, and located in Winchendon, was the largest toy manufacturer in the country, and the town was nicknamed the "Toy Capital of America." In 1912 a resort called the Toy Town Tavern was built overlooking Lake Watatic.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
