1904 article about Model Making

[Member1]

From the 1904 Technical World Magazine, a article about model building. Starts off with planes and ships and then gets into buildings and houses.

 

https://archive.org/stream/technicalworldma15chicuoft#page/438/mode/2up

 

 

[Debora Beijerbacht]

A different era perhaps, with a different look on models. But comforting to see some has stayed the same In the article is referred to models 'of the splendid new Trans-Atlantic liners' that are also doing 'effective work in drumming up trade'.

 

Here in Holland are a few well know yacht builders doing just the same, to attract the rich and famous. There's even one company that has the policy to make a duplicate of any of the ordered vessel. With the exchange the new owner receives a fine scale model of their new toy, detailed both in- and outside to their preferred specifics. Needless to say the reproduction is courtesy of the yacht builder.

[Wm. R. Robertson]

Back in the old days the term "drummer" was another word for traveling salesman of which America had lots of as the people spread out across the land.

There was a guy going around the Chicago show a few years ago trying to get a bunch of people to form some kind of business to build 1/12 th scale Yachts..... I don't think anything became of it.