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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: Kalamazoo Gibson Products


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revellfa - Posted - 04/18/2016:  08:57:38

Of course most people are familiar with the "Kalamazoo" family of Gibson products that were made during the depression.  Apparently there was also a line of toys by the same name.  I came upon this stove in an Antique shop this week and I thought I would share.  It says, "A Kalamazoo Direct to You."  The logo is the same as was used on the Kalamazoo line of banjos, guitars, and mandolins. 



Does anybody have any information on this?



 



 





bluenote23 - Posted - 04/18/2016:  10:57:29

A different company (I think, I didn't read the full story, lazy me!): The Kalamazoo Stove Company kpl.gov/local-history/business...tove.aspx.



There are reports of Kel Kroydon wooden toys made by Gibson workers but they were in wood.


Edited by - bluenote23 on 04/18/2016 10:58:55

BobTheGambler - Posted - 04/19/2016:  05:36:56

They were a very popular manufacturer of stoves and sold hundreds of thousands of the type of coal and wood fired stove you posted. No connection to Gibson. If this is a toy-scale object, I'm guessing it was a salesman's sample.


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