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Title: 1928 Supplement to Lionel Catalog
Post by: murph-7 on January 21, 2021, 05:11:43 PM

1928 supplement catalog showing new items just released. Actual scans. Was not in color. Front cover shows the new Hell-Gate bridge, back cover showing the 840 Power Station.

 

 

 

   

 


 

Title: Re: 1928 Supplement to Lionel Catalog
Post by: starfire700 on January 22, 2021, 04:57:09 AM

Lionel's catalog art was so dramatic..... how could a kid in the 1930's or us big kids now, resist these accessories.

Title: Re: 1928 Supplement to Lionel Catalog
Post by: pjdog350 on January 22, 2021, 07:10:03 AM

The catalogs I had as a kid where smaller than a comic book. I use to carry them with me everywhere.
I always dreamed of getting a Lionel turbine but never did. Fathers said I had enough engines.

Didn’t get a turbine until 1984.

Title: Re: 1928 Supplement to Lionel Catalog
Post by: early0electric on January 22, 2021, 12:27:24 PM

That's a really nice piece. I agree that the artwork make everything irresistible. The only thing standing in the way was the family income.

Title: Re: 1928 Supplement to Lionel Catalog
Post by: starfire700 on January 23, 2021, 04:41:02 AM

Income, or lack of, became the biggest issue in 1929 and into the early 1930's. Great time for Lionel to introduce the State set! Weren't the AF Mayflower and Ives Prosperity made in the same time frame?