Bill Buttaggi's New Book on the Lincoln White Metal Works Company

Monday, April 20, 2020
Sunny but Cold
6 C 41 F

Bill Buttaggi's New Book on the 

Lincoln White Metal Works Company

I received a most-interesting e-mail from Mr. Bill Buttaggi. Bill is an avid collector of  slush toys.

A slush toy is made by pouring molten alloy of lead into a mould. Afterwards, the mould is left to cool, and the toy in then removed. Later, it is painted, and wheels are added to the toy.

Bill had written an excellent book on the slush toys of the 

Lincoln White Metal Works Company.

      THE SLUSH MOLD TOYS OF LINCOLN WHITE METAL WORKS

        A complete history of Clayton E. Stevenson and his slush mold toy company Lincoln White Metal Works. 

                         This 102 page book showcases all the known toys from the company and a few newly 

                     discovered as well. Each toy is beautifully photographed in multiple views so no detail is lost. 

                 Also included are screenshots from a film of the Lincoln White Metal Works factory, interesting 

                  comparisons to real vehicles, information on the slush molding process and an index of LWMW 

                                       wheel and propeller types, sizes and bottom pan variations.

                                                Please click here to see Bill's website and to order the book

Copyright 2020                   Bill Buttaggi

Please do not copy without his written permission

In this modern 21st century, anyone can now create their own books, and this is how Bill  made and published.

For those of you who want to leaf through the book, and even purchase it, please

click on the link below and you will redirect to the publisher, Blurb Books.

Please click here to visit Blurb and Bill's Book

So that's it for today. 

Please take care of yourself and have a great part of the day or evening.

As always,

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

A Great New Discovery

Friday, July 21, 2017
Sunny with Blue Skies
28 C  83 F

A Great New Discovery

   I received an e-mail about 6 weeks ago. It was from Mr. Greg Hickey, who had this wonderful  toy that was an electromagnet steam shovel iron mover. In place of the normal scoop or shovel, there was an electromagnetic for attaching iron  to be moved by the steam shovel. It was a great new discovery, and the name of the manufacturer was  the A.C.Redmond Company, in  Flint, Michigan (USA).  

 In Greg's Own Words:

Stacey , hope these pictures are better for you to use. If you need more or different parts shot will be glad to try. I bought the crane in a antique store in St Louis Mo. I had never heard of the company , so I thought I would take a chance was purchased in 2011. I don't think the wiring is original, I also question the tube that would have held what looks like D batteries. The line that raises and lowers the magnet looks original. The measurements I took are , swing deck "bottom of the cab" 7 1/2 inches wide , length is 12 1/4 to 12 1/2 inches , hard to measure back end has a curve out, point of boom 16 inches, length of boom 18 inches . The crawler frame is 4 7/8 inches x 9 inches long . The roof is 13 inches long  7 1/2 inches wide measuring straight across the bottom of roof. Length of the house is 11 1/2 inches width 6 1/2 inches , the side of house is close to 5 1/2 inches. The magnet is 2 3/4 inches. The wheels are 2 inch high  by 1 1/2 wide. I'm going to send pictures in a separate file . You can use ,edit pictures however you need to . 

Thank  You, Greg

Greg does not know much about this toy, so I naturally asked him to send me photos in order to perhaps have someone provide more information about this magnificent toy.  For those who might not know, Flint, Michigan  is a city famous for manufacturing cars in the USA by the 3 major American manufacturers.

Greg is quite ingenious. He took 3 size D batteries and taped them together, 

along with the positive and negative wire terminals.

 When Greg turned on the On/Off switch, lo and behold, the 

electromagnetic of the A.C.Redmond toy, the magnet worked perfectly,

even atyer all those years!

I congratulated Greg on his excellent photography. The photographs illustrate all of the different sides of the toy, as well as the boom and the electromagnetic magnet. Hopefully, this being a somewhat old toy from I would guess the 1940's-1950's or even earlier, someone out there who reads my blog will be able to help us out.

So if someone has the same toy out there, and knows more about the A.C.Redmond Company, would you please write to me,so that we can give readers more information about this newfound toy company.

Sometimes, I receive e-mails from readers who give me assistance or have questions to ask. I received the information about the AG Redmond Company a week after I had posted this post:

"It appears there were two companies with the name Redmond. The AG Redmond Co. started in 1925 and built car parts and small electric motors. This maybe the only toy they produced. The patent is dated 1933 and this toys label say patent applied for so it is pre 1933. Overall a very nice toy and likely a rare one."*

* Derrick Clow

Thanks for dropping by,

And as always,

Have a great day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

Toysearcher@gmail.com