Old Still Tin Litho AMSCO SHU-SHINE BANK FOR KIDDIES!

Old Still Tin Litho AMSCO SHU-SHINE BANK FOR KIDDIES! - eBay (item 310073654255 end time Aug-12-08 19:01:33 PDT)

This vintage bank is in the form of a shoe shine kit. It's made of tin, painted red and has great vintage decals. It says, "Amsco Shu-Shine Bank for Kiddies" and "Kidd-E Shu-Shine Bank by Amsco." The colorful graphics look like art from the late forties.

There's a coin slot on one end where the decal shows two kids' faces, a nickel, dime and penny. It seems to me a bank ought to have a lid or other closure, but I see no evidence of one on this or any other bank like this online. The metal loops on each end were for a red plastic shoulder strap that's now gone.

It's shaped like an old-fashioned shoe shine kit complete with the ridged step handle for resting a customer's foot while getting a shine. I don't know if it originally came with shoe shine gear or not.

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Vintage COMIC WEEKLY CLUB Tin Litho Wood Spinner Clown!

Vintage COMIC WEEKLY CLUB Tin Litho Wood Spinner Clown! - eBay (item 310030918317 end time Mar-17-08 17:06:18 PDT)

This vintage Comic Weekly Club tin litho spinner with a clown probably came out around 1948 or '49. The Comic Weekly Club was a short-lived feature that ran along with the regular Sunday newspaper comics and had puzzles and games that used the images of many of the King Features characters. The clown was just a logo image.

The tin measures 1 1/2 inches across with a wooden spinner handle and point about 1 inch long. It spins great! The underside has two tiny union logos all over it. What looks like a tiny bit of rust at the top of the clown's forehead was dirt that's gone now.

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