H & H Sales Model 50 Wayside Cabin White w-Blue Roof

This is the last in our five-part look at the tin-litho houses made by H&H Sales and Manufacturing Company during the 1940s. Each of the five houses featured interior lighting and different color schemes although they utilized the same stamping's. They all measured: 4 7/8"L x 3 7/8"W (wall dimensions) x 3 7/8"H 5 3/8"L                     x 4 1/2"W roof dimensions. You can view the other houses here:

Model 10 Vacation Cottage - April 8, 2013

Model 20 Oak Lodge - April 15, 2013 Model 30 Maple Bungalow - April 22, 2013 Model 40 Hilltop House - April 29, 2013 Enjoy!

H & H Sales Model 40 Hilltop House - Yellow w-Green Roof

Continuing our series of H&H Sales tin-litho houses from the mid-1940s we bring you the Model 40 Hilltop House with yellow walls and green roof. Enjoy!

H & H Sales Model 30 Maple Bungalow Yellow w-Red Roof

Here's the third cottage in the series of five manufactured by H&H Sales, the Model 30 Maple Bungalow with yellow walls and red roof. The first two were featured on April 8 and 15. Enjoy!

H & H Sales Model 20 Oak Lodge - White w-Green Roof

We're continuing our look at the series of tin-litho houses produced by the H&H Sales and Manufacturing Co., of Pittsburgh, PA back in the mid-1940s. There were five house, all of which used the same stamping's but differed in color schemes and all of which were lit. Last week we showed the Model 10 Vacation Cottage which had white walls and red roof. Today's Model 20 Oak Lodge has white walls and green roof. Each cottage measures 4 7/8" (12.4cm) L x 3 7/8" (9.8cm) W (wall dimensions) x 3 7/8" (9.8cm) H   5 3/8" (13.7cm) L x 4 1/2" (11.4cm) W (roof dimensions). Enjoy!

H & H Sales Model 10 Vacation Cottage - White w-Red Roof

Way back on Nov 23, 2010 I posted an H&H Sales house with white walls and green roof (H&H Sales Cottage White/Green). Don't know why it took me so long to feature another one but ya know, there's just been soooo many things to post that I'm glad to finally be able to feature another one of these. As a fatter-of-mact, these photos were taken back in 2010 with the intent to post them - then I just never did.

H&H Sales & Manufacturing Company was based in Philadelphia. Back in November of 2010, Dave Farquhar provided further insight into H&H Sales: "The parent company of H&H, Hipwell Manufacturing Co., was a flashlight maker. They survived into this century before foreign competition finally wiped them out. I think their factory in Pittsburgh is still standing, but sadly vacant."

Their production of tin-litho houses suitable for 3-rail O-gauge train layouts was quite small. They essentially used the same stampings and simply changed either the wall or roof colors and called each one by a different name. All the houses were shipped flat, just like Marx and T. Cohn, requiring the purchaser to assemble them and had a tab inside the wall which held a small light socket. The windows were already cut out so that the light from inside could be seen. So now, from H&H Sales, our Twinkletown Model 10 Vacation Cottage with white walls and red roof. Enjoy!

The following box photos are courtesy of Steve Eastman - Many Thanx Steve!!

This is what an unbuilt house looks like straight from the box