Hubley Coal Wagon Horse Drawn Toy *SOLD*

Hubley Coal Wagon Horse Drawn Toy For Sale

This Coal Wagon by Hubley is documented in their 1909 catalog.  It is a beautiful old toy, and comes via an estate and was locked in the attic for 90+ years.  It is a treasure and doesn’t even have much wheel wear.

The silver and red paint is all original and the toy shows no signs of play.  It is a rare, desirable oddity and pristine.

Hubley Mfg. Co. Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1894 to date
Slogan: “They`re Different”
Founder: John E. Hubley
Specialty: Brand name: Lancaster Brand Iron Toys. Originally manufactured electric toy train equipment and parts. Purchased Safety Buggy Co. factory and moved to site in 1909. First manufactured cast-iron toys, horse-drawn wagons and fire engines, circus trains, and cap guns. Toy autos became the headliners in 1930s. By quickly converting to cheaper smaller toys during the Depression, they avoided financial woes experienced by many other toy companies. Iron shortages in WWII and commitments to fill war contracts did stop the toy division in 1942, until after the war.. The name was later changed to Gabriel Industries and still existed as a division of CBS as of 1978.