Vintage "Upson Train Board" Mechanical Hobby Store Display moving equipment made for bars and package

made for bars and package stores during America's mid-century spirits renaissance

Nonetheless

these thermometers were intended for barns

and brown leatherette

Surface oxidation

Vintage "Upson Train Board" Mechanical Hobby Store Display moving equipment made for bars and packagec. 1950s 1960s; The Upson Company Lockport, NY A playful mechanical point of sale display for Upson Board, the lightweight fiberboard widely used in mid century model railroading as a roadbed and scenery base. The display is constructed entirely from Upson's own product die cut and printed in bright orange, black, and cream and depicts a cheerful freight train rolling across "The Upson Line." When powered, the striped railroad crossing gate raises and