Tin Metals was flexible enough to
cover toy cars, trucks and houses with tin-plating over wood. The toy cars
evolved into spring loaded toys made entirely out of tin.
Pressed tin became popular in the
early 1800s, before the steel industry tool off in the United States. Pressed
tin is easy to paint and reasonably easy to manipulate, making it a great
material for more intricate toys and models.
While it largely fell out of
popularity for children's toys by the 1940s, tin's light weight and low price
made it great materials for cans where it remains in use today. The collectible
market for pressed tin cars is very strong because of their sharp looks and
exquisite details.The tin ore mines discovered in Illinois were depleted during WWII and tin was replaced by plastic sheeting. After the tin was no longer used, the toys became discarded or melted down for other manufacturing purposes.
Today, it became a vintage collectibles item for retails window display or an interior decoration item. It gives a familiar atmosphere and a warm touch.
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