The Automatic Toy Company of 77 Alaska Street, Staten Island 10, New York is known to have produced tinplate toys from the early 1930s through to the 1950s. Perhaps their best known toys were clockwork Speedway racing games although the company also produced other pressed base toys similar in style to those produced by Louis Marx. Interesting to note that their New York sales representative was one Henry Katz, presumably the Henry Katz of Katz and Co (Five Fifteen Limited), Hoge, Hafner and Buddy L.
Automatic Toy Company 364 Operation Airlift clockwork Terminal and Control Tower, missing two aircraft Probably inspired by the Berlin Airlift, 1948-49? |
Automatic Toy Company 364 Operation Airlift clockwork Terminal and Control Tower, missing two aircraft Probably inspired by the Berlin Airlift, 1948-49? |
Automatic Toy Company 250 Mystery Alpine Express |
Automatic Toy Company 250 Mystery Alpine Express |
Automatic Toy Company 250 Mystery Alpine Express |
Automatic Toy Company 250 Mystery Alpine Express |
Automatic Toy Company 360 Mystery Union Station |
Automatic Toy Company 360 Mystery Union Station |
Automatic Toy Company 360 Mystery Union Station |
Automatic Toy Company 1300 Airport Futurmatic |
Automatic Toy Company 1300 Airport Futurmatic |
Automatic Toy Company 1300 Airport Futurmatic |
Automatic Toy Company 1300 Airport Futurmatic |
Automatic Toy Company 1300 Airport Futurmatic |
Automatic Toy Company 1300 Airport Futurmatic |
Automatic Toy Company, Toys and Novelties, March 1948 |
Automatic Toy Company, Toys and Novelties, March 1948 |
Automatic Toy Company, 1954 |
The Automatic Toy Co 16 page catalog illustrated below is undated, but is almost certainly early/mid 1950s. The Hopalong Cassidy television Set (page 10) was probably inspired by the NBC TV series of the same name, which was introduced 1949. The Operation Airlift toy (page 15) was probably inspired by the Berlin airlift of 1948-49.
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
Automatic Toy Company catalog, date unknown, probably early/mid 1950s |
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