Early Wolverine Tin Litho Grocery Store Play Set, Two Tins 1804 I vividly remember visiting Skansen—an

I vividly remember visiting Skansen—an open-air museum and zoo in Stockholm dedicated to showing the traditional Swedish way of life prior to industrialization—on a cold and rainy day fall day several years ago

hollow on the interior so that the ends of whatever it's holding can slip down inside

blank side if desired

and even better that it should be used to spell out BARBER SHOP in the absolute most no-fuss (and to my eye absolutely perfect) manner possible

Early Wolverine Tin Litho Grocery Store Play Set, Two Tins 1804 I vividly remember visiting Skansen—anLots of rusty and crusty today, these with plenty of the former, but I think they're fun and pretty cool, and actually pretty useful too. I didn't know it when I found them, but these two tins comprise, from everything I can tell, the earliest version the Wolverine Toy Company (Pittsburgh, PA, founded 1908)"Corner Grocery Store" play set, several editions of which were produced. Originally there would have been a bunch more boxes of toy food, and from