Watrous Bell Toys

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Stick toy display

I have at least a dozen wooden stick toys by NN Hill and Watrous. Typical handles are 19" - 22" long. I really haven't found a creative way…

Started by dfriday2

1 Jul 20, 2009
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reproduction of cat and dog pull toy

You said my pulltoy on ebay was a reproduction and I looked on your web site at the one on the one they had for sale for 19.95 and it had s…

Started by Dave

2 Oct 21, 2008
Reply by Robert Watrous

N. N. Hill letters at the Davidson Library, U. of Southern California.

In August 2008 I went to the University of Califonia, Davidson Library, Santa Barbara / Goleta, to see the collection of N. N. Hill Brass.…

Started by Robert Watrous

0 Sep 24, 2008

Clifford M. Watrous heads for his job at N. N. Hill

You never know what you will find when surfing the web. I came across this photo of Clifford Watrous hailing a ferry. It's in the Connectic…

Started by Robert Watrous

0 Jul 18, 2008

Old Home Days in East Hampton CT - 2008 the 200th anniversary of bell making in East Hampton

On Saturday July 12th East Hampton had their Old Home Days parade in town. I learned from Jeff Bell, then living in Texas, that this was T…

Started by Robert Watrous

0 Jul 16, 2008

How Robert Watrous got started collecting bell toys

Since I found what was listed as a Watrous bell toy on ebay I've been researching the Watrous Manufacturing Co. and collecting their toys.…

Started by Robert Watrous

0 Jun 5, 2008

N. N. Hill Brass Mfg. Co.documents available at two libraries a continent apart

One of the ABA members asked me how I found the N. N. Hill records out in California. I found out about the archive at the University of Ca…

Started by Robert Watrous

0 May 12, 2008

John Bull clips, bicycle pedal clips made by Watrous Mfg. Co.

I have a letter from August 24, 1905 addressed from Markt & Co., Import and Export., New York to a company I have been researching, Wat…

Started by Robert Watrous

0 May 4, 2008

J&E Stevens ledger and the bell toy manufacturers of East Hampton

I just purchased a J&E Stevens ledger . It's huge, 16" tall, 12" deep and 3" thick leather bound with J&E S Co. in gold lettering.…

Started by Robert Watrous

0 May 1, 2008

What do you know about bell toys?

Back in 2004 I discovered a connection with my family's past and a town in Connecticut that was famous for the bell toys it built in the la…

Started by BellToyBoy

2 Oct 7, 2007
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