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Builder Sets

Schoenhut made a series of "Builder" toy that required assembly.
Some of these are shown here.
ca 1930

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Diane Dustir

Aeroplane Builder
The airplane looks like, but is not identified as, Lindberg's Spirit of St. Louis.
ca 1930
 


Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Diane Dustir

Dirigible Builder
The German airships were a developing form of transportation in the 1920s until the Hindenburg disaster in 1937.
 


Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Diane Dustir

Train to Build
ca 1930
 


Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Diane Dustir

Hollywood Home Builder
ca 1930
There were six different homes sold in this series.
 

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Diane Dustir

Little Village Builder
There were five village building sold in this series - Church, School House (not shown), House, Railroad Station, and R. R. Freight Station.
 

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Diane Dustir

Community Store Builder
ca 1930
There were at least eight different stores sold in this series. The Theater, Drug Store, and Grocery Store are not shown here.

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Diane Dustir

The store fronts are lithographed paper on cardboard.