COMPLETE Sifo Toys Wooden Tray Puzzle Map United States 1950s, Great Shape
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:8617012 |
We were pleased to find this vintage item at an estate sale. It is a wooden tray puzzle map of the United States with the colors as bright as the day they left the factory in the 1950s. It measures a whopping 19 1/4 inches by 12 inches. And best of all, the puzzle is complete with even the tiny individual pieces -- Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island -- in place.
Part of the original box shows this educational piece was "from the land of Hiawatha" as item 1F and recommended f...or ages 4 to 10.
The Sifo Company (which did business as Sifo's Toys and the Sifo Novelty Company) was a maker of mainly wooden children's toys in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1944 to 1975. Its niche was early educational toys. Sifo catalogs of the period emphasized the various properties of the toys that would entertain and educate children.
The toys were largely made of wood, with the wood milled and rendered into parts at a facility in Norway, Michigan. Final assembly and finishing of the toys took place at the St. Paul headquarters and factory at 353 Rosabel Street (now Wall Street).
Sifo's best-known products were the Timmy Time Clock Children's game and the Kinder City city play set. It also made "Bill Ding" stacking clowns, whose physical design, but not characterization, can be seen in the Schylling company's "Wood Stacking Robots." After the company closed, the St. Paul factory was razed and is now a parking lot.
The puzzle shows very little use and handling wear, and is in almost like-new condition. The remnants of the original box -- mainly the bottom and three side pieces -- are worn, torn and reinforced with masking tape, but the puzzle itself is in great condition.
We offer this item with no reserve, and we gladly combine shipping. Please read "Shipping and Payment" instructions before bidding. On Jul-25-19 at 20:19:46 PDT, seller added the following information:
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Part of the original box shows this educational piece was "from the land of Hiawatha" as item 1F and recommended f...or ages 4 to 10.
The Sifo Company (which did business as Sifo's Toys and the Sifo Novelty Company) was a maker of mainly wooden children's toys in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1944 to 1975. Its niche was early educational toys. Sifo catalogs of the period emphasized the various properties of the toys that would entertain and educate children.
The toys were largely made of wood, with the wood milled and rendered into parts at a facility in Norway, Michigan. Final assembly and finishing of the toys took place at the St. Paul headquarters and factory at 353 Rosabel Street (now Wall Street).
Sifo's best-known products were the Timmy Time Clock Children's game and the Kinder City city play set. It also made "Bill Ding" stacking clowns, whose physical design, but not characterization, can be seen in the Schylling company's "Wood Stacking Robots." After the company closed, the St. Paul factory was razed and is now a parking lot.
The puzzle shows very little use and handling wear, and is in almost like-new condition. The remnants of the original box -- mainly the bottom and three side pieces -- are worn, torn and reinforced with masking tape, but the puzzle itself is in great condition.
We offer this item with no reserve, and we gladly combine shipping. Please read "Shipping and Payment" instructions before bidding. On Jul-25-19 at 20:19:46 PDT, seller added the following information:
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