TOOTSIETOY Sign

My son pointed out this tin litho Tootsietoy sign mounted to the wall at a restaurant while we were on vacation this summer.

I guess I must be rubbing off on him?

 

 

The restaurant was literally covered with wall to wall with all kinds of advertisements.

 

 

 

To see my Tootsietoy collection click HERE

TOOTSIETOY

I came across some wood letters at Michaels the other day that were on sale.  
I decided I could add another name to the logo wall in the miniature studio

You will notice that the letter "O" is a different color.  Thus begins my story.  

The "O" that came with the letters was not a circle it kind of looked more like a flat tire and I didn't really like it.  I looked all over the metro area for some perfect 3-1/2" tall perfectly round circles.  There was no such thing.  I finally found some on Etsy.  They were relatively inexpensive so I ordered them.  They are made from mdf, but I figured that wouldn't matter since I was going to paint them anyway.  They arrived and were about twice as thick as the wood letters that I had.  So I went back to Michael's to purchase another set of wood letters to stack.  I figured that I could stack the letter so that they would be the same thickness as the new "O"s.  Of course they were all out of most of the letters that I needed.  so I bought some different ones and chopped them up to make do.  For example, I had to make the back of the "T"s our of "E"s by cutting off the bottom two 'crossbars' and adding a piece to the top.  The seams don't really matter because it will be on the back of the letter.

Here is a the actual Tootsietoy logo on the bottom of a table.  I have tried to make the logos somewhat relate to the original designs.

I decided to paint the Tootsietoy logo metallic silver since the furniture is that color under the paint.  Here are a couple of photos of the logos on the wall in the studio.

To see my Tootsietoy collection click HERE

My Tootsietoy Collection

TOOTSIETOY

Metal dollhouse furniture 1920's - 1930's

Tootsietoy metal dollhouse furniture was aproximately 1/2" to one foot in scale.

Each room set sold for about $1.00 and carboard houses could be purchased for $3.00-$5.00.  I have tried to bid on a few of these cardboard houses on Ebay.  They seem to go for far more than my budget will allow so for now, my collection resides in an old wooden drawer that I have sub-divided into rooms and turned up on its side.

front cover                        back cover

 

The Tootsietoy company put out a small children's book similar to the the one that the Arcade Company did to promote their toys.  ( see my post called The Arcadians) 

There is not a copyright, but it appears to be from the late 20's or early 30's.

The children in the book remind me of the Campbell's Soup kids from that era.

I call this the Blue room.  It features a rare "flocked" chaise lounge that was introduced in 1931.  It also has a rare metal bedspread.

The cream colored bathroom.

The Kitchen is still a work in progress.

The dining room features the tallest ceiling in the house, and a rare grand piano.

The living room has a red couch and chairs and a fireplace made from some wood scraps from an antique dollhouse.

I call this one the pink bedroom.  It features the older style beds.

I call this the  green room.  It features "wicker" living room furniture.

more to follow !

 

My son pointed out this tin-lithograph sign in a restaurant to me