Ward's Catalog

[MichaelB]

A link to three Flickr pages with a number of pressed steel and cast airplanes (and trains and etc). Can you ID these releases?
Montgomery Wards from the '20s...can anyone be more specific?
http://flic.kr/p/aizRDh

[Toyplaneguy]

This looks more like the early 30's than the 20's, but at any rate, the Zeppelin looks much like a Marx from the period. The ad says it will support 200 pounds. That seems like a little much to me. I think if you sat on it as an adult, the toy would be in bad shape after that.

Next is the Mono-plane. It looks like the Turner monoplane to me. It also was made as a Tri-motor and are not very common to find today. The single motor version is more common, but still not easy to find any more.

Regards. Toyplaneguy

[MichaelB]

This is one of three pages...when you go to the link, make sure and view the other pages too!

[Toyplaneguy]

Yes, now I see the Tri-motor as well. It is certainly a Turner Monoplane from the early 30's as are the trucks shown on that page. The Biplane tri-motor is defiantly the American Flyer that has been mentioned before in this forum. Also available as a Monoplane. There is that Holds 200 lbs. again. Maybe that is why these are so hard to find today. If anyone were to test that statement, they would have been greatly disappointed. Great ads though.

Regards, Toyplaneguy