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It is believed that almost every Doepke Construction and Fire Toy was shipped with a Mini-Catalog listing other toys in the Doepke line-up. For the first seven years these catalogs changed each year as toys were added or dropped from the line. Beginning in 1953, however, just the covers were changed. [1952 actually had two different catalogs as noted below.] |
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Please note that the quality of the print on the inside pages is as good as I could get it with my equipment. Sorry about that. |
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1946-47 |
16 sides This early mini-catalog featured the Wooldridge Tera Cobra which was never produced. The #2000 Wooldridge Dump Truck is shown with a rubber stack and push-nut style hub caps which were never used on a production toy. The #2002 Cement Mixer has non--production style wheels. A great pledge for Model "Constructioneers" appears in this first catalog. |
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1948 |
8 Sides The #2001 Barber-Greene Bucket Loader does not have the swivel chute feature. The #2006 Road Grader is shown with stepped louvers. The catalog mentions "Good Year" tires. |
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1949 |
12 Sides Convex wheels appear on the #2002 Cement Mixer. The bucket tower control wheel is on the right hand side of the #2001 Bucket Loader. Tires are now referred to as "Famous Make." |
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16 Sides This is the first year Badges and Operator's Licenses are offered. Aerial Ladder Truck #2008 is described as having a "lucite" windshield. See special price notice attached to cover. |
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1950 |
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1951 |
12 Sides A special offer for a Fire Engine Book appears in this year's catalog. The #2007 Unit Crane is illustrated as having a thumb wheel even though it was discontinued in 1950. |
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1952a |
16 Sides The #2010 Pumper is described as having "3.5' of hose." |
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1952b |
12 Sides The #2007 Unit Crane and #2008 Aerial Ladder have been eliminated from this catalog. |
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1953 |
24 Sides The front and back cover of each catalog carried the toy name. All other pages were identical. This probably saved in catalog production costs. |
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