VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

In 1955 I got a toy Areial Fire Truck for Christmas that I still have. After my kids and grandkids were old enough to stop playing with it, I decided to restore it. What puzzled me was that the truck had Tonka wheels, but the decals read MFD. Julian Thomas from Thomas Toys hooked me up with a couple parts and new decals I needed for the restoration. He also told me how my truck was actually a Mound Metalcraft toy manufactured around the time they were transitioning to Tonka Toys which explained the MFD decals.

In November 1955, Mound Metalcraft changed its name to "Tonka Toys Incorporated".[9] From 1947 to 1957, their logo was an oval, showing the Tonka Toys name in red above blue ocean waves with seagulls overhead, honoring nearby Lake Minnetonka.

 

Nice melons, and grapefruit to.

 

Top of the Ocean restaurant Tacoma Wa. Burned down by the local mob.