HC&M: Holgate #354? 24 Junior Blocks in Wagon (incomplete)


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Name Holgate #354? 24 Junior Blocks in Wagon (incomplete)









Catalog ID HCM4602
Year circa 1939-1942
Description Unidentified wagon is printed in red and blue, and shows sailors in row boats. Wheels are red pinwheels.

Wagon bottom is bowed/warped and out of position. It appears to be two side-by-side panels of wood laminated between two thick sheets of veneer. I plan to remove it, flatten it, and re-glue it, before re-assembly.

Wagon is 6 1/2 x 4 square units.

Unknown year, but likely 1940s. However, Junior Blocks wagons were not listed in the catalogs for most of the 1940s. Attributing to 1939-1942, based on the wheels. See Holgate #354 "24 Junior Blocks in Wagon, Colored" (circus theme).

The #354, in 1941, contained (this set contains):
4 Squares (5, 2 yellow, 1 green, 1 blue, 1 red)
1 Doublong (missing)
2 Pillars (2 green)
4 Oblongs (2 red, 1 blue, 1 green)
4 Diagonals (1 purple, 1yellow)
2 Columns (1 missing, 1 yellow)
1 Door (1 blue+yellow)
2 Windows (2 yellow+blue)
2 Panels (1 green, 1 orange)
1 Gothic Arch (1 green)
1 Half Circle (1 yellow)

Also similar to the #315/316 wagons, though slightly different dimensions.
Added 2020-09-15 17:55:54 (updated 2022-03-30 14:23:43)