Difference between revisions of "Ham and Sam"

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[[Image:Ham_and_Sam_toy_by_Strauss.png|right]]Wind up tin toy minstrel piano/banjo duo from the 1920s. Also very racist. Manufactured by Strauss.  
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[[Image:Ham_and_Sam_toy_by_Strauss.png|right]]Wind up tin toy minstrel piano/banjo duo from the 1920s. Also very racist. Manufactured by The Ferdinand Strauss Corporation. The back of the piano states the toy was patented October 1921. Sometimes subtitled "The Minstrel Team," and sometimes "The Team What Am"
  
 
Also sold as '''[http://www.barkermuseum.com/MuseumList.asp?CID=65-2-0&IID=193&PG=1&SRT=2&SRWD= Hott an' Tott]''' with a sticker with the new name over the old on the piano.
 
Also sold as '''[http://www.barkermuseum.com/MuseumList.asp?CID=65-2-0&IID=193&PG=1&SRT=2&SRWD= Hott an' Tott]''' with a sticker with the new name over the old on the piano.
  
 
==External Link==
 
==External Link==
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kZQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bJgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2853%2C558710 1927 newspaper ad]
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*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kZQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bJgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2853%2C558710 1927 newspaper ad]  
*[http://toysoftimespast.com/products-page/windups/unique-art-hott-tott-jigger-minstrels-tin-wind-up-toy/ UNIQUE ART HOTT & TOTT JIGGER MINSTRELS TIN WIND UP TOY]
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*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKpslzBoTMM
  
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[[Category:1921]]
 
[[Category:Toys]]
 
[[Category:Toys]]
 
[[Category:Fictional bards, minstrels, and troubadours]]
 
[[Category:Fictional bards, minstrels, and troubadours]]

Revision as of 06:53, 20 February 2019

Ham and Sam toy by Strauss.png

Wind up tin toy minstrel piano/banjo duo from the 1920s. Also very racist. Manufactured by The Ferdinand Strauss Corporation. The back of the piano states the toy was patented October 1921. Sometimes subtitled "The Minstrel Team," and sometimes "The Team What Am"

Also sold as Hott an' Tott with a sticker with the new name over the old on the piano.

External Link