Welcome to Andystoys!
Home of the St. Louis Antique Toy Show
A site dedicated to Antique toys, Metalcraft toy trucks
& the Metalcraft Corporation that was based
in St. Louis, MO!
In ST. LOUIS:
- The MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM is currently showing FLIGHT CITY through Sept. 2008.
Some of the aviation toys are from my collection. See the St. Louis page on this site for more info.
- While you are in Forest Park visit the
World-class Saint Louis ZOO, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the newly restored golf course and boating ponds, the Jewel Box, MUNY Opera and the Missouri Historical Society and Museum.
The new 'O'Briens Collecting Toy
Cars & Trucks'
4th Edition is available now at your book store! It has new expanded listings for Metalcraft, Buddy L, Marx and MORE!
When shopping for old toys in St. Louis, try the South County Antique Mall at 13208 Tesson Ferry Rd. about 3 miles south of I-270.
For more directions call them: 314-842-5566
DID YOU KNOW?
Most early first year
Metalcraft trucks have thicker wheels and built-in door handles.
DID YOU KNOW?
The original Metalcraft Factory
is still in use!
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St. Louis
Welcome to the new St. Louis page! This page will be updated every month
or so with unique places, people and things revolving around the city of St. Louis.
During the summer months we will focus on the unwanted, forced and reckless destruction
taking place in Old North St. Louis and the Near Noth side by Blairmont/McKee and his related companies. The best resource to track
these is currently BUILT ST. LOUIS...click HERE
OBIT
Harry Gibbs a.k.a.- 'TEXAS BRUCE'
Gibbs hosted "The Wranglers Club,"
a local kids show on Ch. 5 in St. Louis, which ran from 1955 to 1963. He was 91-years-old.
--- Trautwein Shoe Store and the original Red Goose Shoes Sign (Gravois Rd.)
- Demolished: Noah's Ark Restaurant in St. Charles, Missouri.
I had the pleasure to know the designer and sculptor: Edna Goodenough.
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Edna on the right loading the Elephant on its trip to the construction of Noah's Ark.
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The original Metalcraft Toy Corp. building as it still stands in North St. Louis.
At one point the majority of the building was covered in windows and glass blocks, allowing a large amount of natural light into the plant, but in the words of
designer Al Korte, making it 'hot as hell in there during a St. Louis summer'. Edna Korte, Al's wife, said Al would come home in the summer evenings still wet with sweat from the factory.
I'll be updating its condition and status in June 2008 when we go to check on the Clemens Mansion.
St. Louis Automotive tidbits.....
The Willys Overland Company sold cars in 1911,
in St. Louis at 5885 Delmar.
Here is the original sales annoucement:
All photos copyright and property of the Andrew Tolch collection.
A salesman's sample pump from the St. Louis Gasoline Pump Company (date unknown).
SAVE the James Clemens Mansion in North St. Louis.
- Photos and information from Michael Allen's 'Ecology of Absence'.
HERE ...and...HERE
St. Louis LINKS of interest
BUILT St. Louis - A site dedicated to historic architecture of St. Louis, Missouri.
VANISHING STL - Chronicles of the vanishing urban landscape of St. Louis.
The Missouri History Museum - Currently showing FLIGHT CITY through Sept. 2008.
Some of the items on display in the St. Louis aviation toy section are from my collection. An outstanding exhibit and a great place to take out of town friends and family.
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