Johnson Smith and Co. catalog

• Johnson Smith and Co. catalog
  Posted by komet163b on 13 Jul, 2020 12:36
•  I just ran across this Johnson Smith and Co. novelties catalog.
  I remember seeing their ads in comic books.
  
    It turns out the catalog had an index, so I looked up steam engines
  and on page 133....well you'll see below.
  
  Happy steaming,
  Wayne
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by Tadfafty on 13 Jul, 2020 12:53
• I believe I have a photograph of that very page on my computer.
  
  
  let me take a look.
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• #2 Reply
  Posted by komet163b on 13 Jul, 2020 13:29
• Better photo.  Was 'POWERHOUSE' another brand of engine?
  More expensive than I thought they would be in 1950.
  
  Fun catalog to look thru.  I'm sure I bought some of their
  novelties when I was a youngster.  Mixture of offerings
  from from the early 19th century thru the postwar period.
  
  Wayne
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• #3 Reply
  Posted by Stoker on 13 Jul, 2020 14:55
• That "Powerhouse" engine looks like an Empire B-30 from here!
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• #4 Reply
  Posted by komet163b on 13 Jul, 2020 22:28
• True, but there does not appear to be
  a throttle where it ought to be.  Maybe
  some other entity named Powerhouse
  contracted with them and sold the B30
  clone as their own in some market.
  
  Over and out,
  Wayne
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• #5 Reply
  Posted by txlabman on 21 Jul, 2020 18:06
• Quote from: komet163b on 13 Jul, 2020 22:28

  True, but there does not appear to be
  a throttle where it ought to be.  Maybe
  some other entity named Powerhouse
  contracted with them and sold the B30
  clone as their own in some market.
  
  Over and out,
  Wayne
  

  
  Interesting point.  But, it sure looks like a B30 to me.  Oftentimes in these old advertisements the illustrator just missed details.  You see this a lot with the early German Steam Toys.
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• #6 Reply
  Posted by classixs on 22 Jul, 2020 04:58
• Quote from: txlabman on 21 Jul, 2020 18:06

  Quote from: komet163b on 13 Jul, 2020 22:28

  True, but there does not appear to be
  a throttle where it ought to be.  Maybe
  some other entity named Powerhouse
  contracted with them and sold the B30
  clone as their own in some market.
  
  Over and out,
  Wayne
  

  
  Interesting point.  But, it sure looks like a B30 to me.  Oftentimes in these old advertisements the illustrator just missed details.  You see this a lot with the early German Steam Toys.
  

  
  
  Itīs an Empire 32 
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