INTRODUCTION
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN TO THE AUTHOR BY A FORMER PUPIL MRS. CLYDE M. MYERS
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I Tin Cans
CHAPTER II Tools and Appliances
CHAPTER III Making a Biscuit Cutter from a Small Can
CHAPTER IV Soldering
CHAPTER V Soldering ( Continued )
CHAPTER VI Cooky Cutters
CHAPTER VII Trays
CHAPTER VIII A Tray Candlestick
CHAPTER IX Riveting
CHAPTER X Making a Toy Auto Truck
CHAPTER XI Making a Toy Auto Truck ( Continued )
CHAPTER XII Making a Toy Auto Truck ( Continued )
CHAPTER XIII Making a Toy Auto Truck ( Continued )
CHAPTER XIV Making a Toy Auto Truck ( Continued )
CHAPTER XV Making a Toy Auto Truck ( Continued )
CHAPTER XVI Boats
CHAPTER XVII A Toy Locomotive
CHAPTER XVIII Simple Mechanical Toys
CHAPTER XIX Candlesticks
CHAPTER XX Camp and Kitchen Equipment
CHAPTER XXI Preparing the Toys for Painting
CHAPTER XXII Notes on Painting the Toys
INDEX
MAKING TIN CAN TOYS
Army truck constructed entirely from used tin cans
BY EDWARD THATCHER ORIGINATOR OF TIN CAN TOYS AND INSTRUCTOR OF METAL WORKING, TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK CITY, 1904-1919
DRAWINGS MADE AND THE AUTHOR’S MODELS PAINTED By ISABEL THATCHER
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
