The Wilkins Toy Company was founded by James Wilkins in 1890 and was purchased by Harry T. Kingsbury in 1894 who continued to produce toys under the KINGSBURY name until WW II. Kingsbury was a world leader of cast iron and sheet metal toys of which are now sought after by avid collectors. Wilkins and Kingsbury produced a large variety of toys, including ships, submarines, trains, trolleys, cars, airplanes, banks, and fire engines.
A recent exhibit at the Cheshire Historical Society in Keene, NH included over 250 such examples from 1980 to 1942 of much loved and revered array of childhood nostalgia
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| This was my dad's old truck and they gave it to me when my grandma died in 1972 .This must have been his only toy, because for being the only boy of 4 kids it was well played with. |
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