Tuesday, January 27, 2024

Porky Pig Tin Toy, or... What Grandpa Played With During The Depression.

To be fair, the Great Depression was winding to a close by 1939 when this Porky Pig tin toy was manufactured. Fact is, Marx Toys was one of the few companies to actually see an increase of revenues during the 1930's, allowing them to open new factories, and to further increase production of great toys like this one.

Porky Pig

Porky Pig

Porky Pig

And to be perfectly factual once again, this toy wasn't exactly something that my Grandfather played with.

A few years ago, after my Grandfather-in-law had passed away, I found Porky Pig packed in a suitcase that he'd stashed on a high shelf in the garage. As it turns out, there was a time in his life when he'd collected the odd toy here and there, and had saved them away for the future when his own children, or in this case grandchildren and great-grandchildren, might enjoy them.

Just goes to prove that no matter how hard the times, if you keep your sense of humor, and keep thinking about the future, it'll all work out for the better.

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