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(New page: Wind-up toy of four black mice from the late 1920s, manufactured by Louis Marx & Co. The design was copied or reused later for another tin toy band, Li'l Abner and his Dogpatch Band. ...)
 
 
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Wind-up toy of four black mice from the late 1920s, manufactured by Louis Marx & Co. The design was copied or reused later for another tin toy band, [[Li'l Abner and his Dogpatch Band]].
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Wind-up toy of four black mice manufactured by Louis Marx & Co., and first sold in 1931. Piano, violin, drums, and a dancer.
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The back of the toy lists these three patents: [https://patents.google.com/patent/US1393936A/en?oq=US1393936 US1393936], [https://patents.google.com/patent/US1595702A/en?oq=US1595702 US1595702], and [https://patents.google.com/patent/US1742844A/en?oq=1742844 US1742844].
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The design was copied or reused later for another tin toy band, [[Li'l Abner and his Dogpatch Band]].
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==See also==
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*[[Li'l Abner and his Dogpatch Band]]
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*[[Ham and Sam]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*http://www.buymarxtoys.com/2010/09/vintage-marx-merrymakers-wind-up-tin-toy-band-nr-2/
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*https://www.drloriv.com/Tips/ID/4055/Marx-Toys
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*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-hnsWlvzBE
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[[Category:1931]]
 
[[Category:Toys]]
 
[[Category:Toys]]
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[[Category:Fictional animals]]

Latest revision as of 05:57, 20 February 2019

Wind-up toy of four black mice manufactured by Louis Marx & Co., and first sold in 1931. Piano, violin, drums, and a dancer.

The back of the toy lists these three patents: US1393936, US1595702, and US1742844.

The design was copied or reused later for another tin toy band, Li'l Abner and his Dogpatch Band.

See also

External Links