Lindstrom Sweeping Mammy Black Housekeeper Windup Tin Toy for Sale

Lindstrom Sweeping Mammy Black Housekeeper Windup Tin Toy

Outstanding early 20th-century toy by Lindstrom Corporation, USA.  Toy housekeeper sweeps with windup action and rocks/walks.

The toy, named by Lindstrom as the “Sweeping Mammy” toy.  Broom original.

Very clean original toy in very good to excellent condition.

 

 

A brief history of Lindstrom Tool & Toy Co. of Bridgeport, Connecticut: 

1913-early 1940s 

Founder: Frank L. Lindstrom

Specialty: Lindstrom made mechanical toys and games of lithographed pressed steel and tin. These items included a child’s phonograph, boats/ships, animals, vehicles, stoves, sewing machines, film projectors, and notably, amusement-park-type vehicles such as the “Skeeter Bug” bumper car. Lindstrom stopped production in the early 1940s due to World War II, but picked back up for a few years following the end of the War. They had various licenses for items such as the” Bing Crosby Junior Jukebox” and a license with Disney to produce mechanical Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck toys.