Ham and Sam

Wind up tin toy minstrel piano/banjo duo from the 1920s. Also very racist. Manufactured by The Ferdinand Strauss Corporation. The back of the piano states the toy was patented October 1921. Sometimes subtitled "The Minstrel Team," and sometimes "The Team What Am"

Also sold as Hott an' Tott with a sticker with the new name over the old on the piano.

See also

• Marx Merry Makers

External Links

• 1927 newspaper ad
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKpslzBoTMM