Early Wolverine Tin Litho Grocery Store Play Set, Two Tins 1804 11 3/8” x 9 1/4”

11 3/8” x 9 1/4” x 11/16”

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

with very minor slumping

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

11’” x 8 1/8”

Early Wolverine Tin Litho Grocery Store Play Set, Two Tins 1804 11 3/8” x 9 1/4”Lots 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