Posted 8 years ago
ThriftyGypsy
(103 items)
Greeting Fellow Collectors,
Here is a “toy” from around the 1930’s that probably wouldn’t make the cut in this day and time. It was a “firecracker cannon” manufactured by the Kilgore Company. This company apparently specialized in toys that had cannon themes. I was able to find several different style cannons that operated on the same theory. A firecracker was loaded into a hole at the base of the barrel with the fuse out. A ball of some type was dropped into the barrel. I have seen rubber balls and wooden balls but no steel ones, which was probably a good thing. The fuse was lit, and the firecracker would go off, sending the ball flying! There were no warning labels of any type on this toy. I guess kids back then were more capable of operating this type toy without injuring themselves or others. I often wonder “what happened?”, from back then till now. There is no way this would make it today without being closed down by the lawyers. I was thinking that this was the type of toy that blunderbuss2 would have had in his toy box even though it was before his time, so I post this one in honor of him. He still likes playing with cannons as far as I know! Thanks for stopping by and looking. Thrifty
Thanks for the love brunswick and bobby725!
There is something in the y chromosome that makes us like loud noises.
Little early for a monument. I'm not dead yet, - - unless you know something I don't! A little before my time but I can associate with it . Surprised I haven't seen 1 though. Coehorn mortar that.
Not even sure the name "Kilgore" would fly today, Ah the good old days toy guns explosives hospital visits and no law suits
Ah, PP, paradise !
Hey blunderbuss2,
I wasn't trying to give you a premature send off, but I do think this is an appropiate "blunderbuss2 item!" I hope you will be around for a long, long time because it would not be the same around here without you! I did post this with you in mind! Talk to you later, Thrifty
Hey PoliticalPinbacks,
It is amazing what we did as kids in the 60's and 70's. I remember almost putting an eye out, fractured bones, skins and bruises, etc., and never once blaming anyone or anything for what happened! We were RESPONSIBLE for our own actions. I wonder where it all changed! Now days we don't have to blame ourselves for anything. It is someone else fault! I did not mean to get out my soap box, but it is hard not to these days! Talk to you later, Thrifty
Thanks for all of the loves artfoot, PoliticalPinbacks, freon, fortapache, Daddy_Nobucks, iggy, and Irishcollector! I also just wanted to say that the "y" chromosome definitely likes "loud" noises. Thrifty
Thrifty. I found the secret to immortality is finding out where you are going to die. Then, just don't go there !
Thanks for the love roddyq, officialfuel, ho2cultcha, surfdub66, vetraio50! I'm really glad to see others on here that have an appreciation for things that go "boom". Thrifty
For the time and for those kids with so little, this would have been cherished !