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Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up
Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up

Vintage City Hall Park 175 Union Depot Trolley Wind-up

$ 157.87

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Year: 1905
  • Condition: Patina is the best word to describe this trolley. Paint is aged, roof is distorted slightly, the destination boards are missing. Tabs for one front/rear destination board are broken off. Drive spring is intact and wheels and gears turn easily. There is no windup key so I have not tested the mechanism. See photos.
  • Modified Item: No
  • Brand: Converse
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    This trolley was made by Morton E. Converse and Company circa 1905. It is a wind-up toy and has a large spring mechanism to drive it. It has 6 seats that reverse like the real trolley. On the roof is a 6-inch stamped-steel trolley pole. There are mounting brackets for 3 destination boards,(the tabs for the fourth board are broken off) although the boards are missing from this toy. In about 1901, Lionel purchased trolley bodies from Converse to create the Lionel 300 electric trolley car, which remained in the Lionel catalog from 1901 to 1905. This is the Converse floor toy, not the Lionel electric trolley, but the sheet metal is the same.