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Zilotone
WolverineClown playing a xylophone
- Model
- 48
- Type
- Optical and Musical
- Topic
- Circus & Clowns
- Country of manufacture
- U.S.A.
- Mechanism
- Clockwork
- Movement
- Clown plays xylophone, the music is defined by an exchangable cam
- Materials
- Chromolithographed sheet steel
- Dimensions (LxWxH cm)
- 22x18x18
- Condition
- Very Good
- Manufactured
- 1929 – 1935
Research notes
Initial models retailed for $2.50 in 1929 and were bundled with six tune discs. By 1935, the standard set included only three discs to keep the retail cost stable during the Great Depression. Optional disc sets were also available, priced at three for 50 cents. The available tunes included: "Wearing of the Green" (200), "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" (201), "Good Night Ladies" (202), "Listen to the Mocking Birds" (203), "Silent Night" (204), "Yankee Doodle" (205), "Sidewalks of New York" (206), "My Old Kentucky Home" (207), and "Farmer in the Dell" (208)
Notes
we have only one "record"
Featured in
- American Tin-Litho Toys — p. 89
- The Guide to Mechanical Toy Collecting — p. 52
