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SNIPPETS FROM THE RICHARD O’BRIENEPHEMERA ARCHIVE

Barclay Update

Having the pleasure of accessing the Richard O’Brien Ephemera Archive, owned by Old Toy Soldier,
here are a few snippets from the files, which were not included in Collecting American Made Toy
Soldiers. The first item was discovered when the Barclay factory was emptied out.

From The Ephemera Archive of Richard O’Brien, Plaster
prototype of Donald Duck riding Plutomobile
Drawings by Richard O’Brien of Prototype plaster Ferdinand the Bull & Donald Duck in Plutomobile

Mcloughlin Update

Here are two more items from The Ephemera Archive of Richard O’Brien, a box lid for lead soldiers
as featured in the article by Will Beierwaltes in the previous issue and an image of the McLoughlin Factory.

Box Lid for Infantry (cavalry box lid shown in article in the previous issue)
McLoughlin Factory

More Paper Soldiers

Some more images of Paper soldiers from the archive

Little Folks Army game with machine gun
McLouglin Paper Soldiers with original box lid
Foreign Regiments and US paper soldiers from the archive
More images of paper soldiers from the archive – Rough Riders

FEIX Update

Ken Wittenrich of West Falls Toy Soldier Company NY sent in samples of Feix figures taken from the original molds in his possession. Ken also has over 200 Johillco molds, both pre and post war, many never issued. A future article in OTS will feature many of Johillco’s unissued pieces.

New castings of Feix cowboys and Indians from Ken Wittenrich’s molds
New castings of Feix cavalry from Ken Wittenrich’s molds

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