Ferris electric toy train set instruction booklet
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- Type
- Booklets
- Materials
- Metal - non specific
- Collection
- Bruce Macdonald collection
- Accession number
- 2009.0021.0089.004
Description
A two page booklet titled 'FERRIS Electric TRAINS.../OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE / INSTRUCTIONS'. It had text and diagrams inside.
About the collection
The Bruce Macdonald Collection of toy and model trains includes examples of final products, un-assembled components, tools, production drawings and company archival material. It has items from most known Australian makers of toy and model trains, dating from the late-1940s to the early-1960s. The collection was developed in an opportunistic way, by purchase through auction or directly from other collectors, to document the Australian toy train industry. Toy and model train manufacturing industries developed quickly in Europe, Britain and the United States through the 19th-century. In Australia, however, the smallness of the market and its scattered nature meant a local industry was not viable. The needs of the small and diverse local market were largely met by overseas imports none of which represented local full-scale stock. The small unsophisticated industry creating local supply of both parts and rolling-stock received a boost from WWII shortages. With the renewal of overseas supply, the popularity of smaller scales and the development of alternative attractions, it collapsed in the mid-1960s.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:16:06 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2018-03-18. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.