Steam Boats

Steam Boats

Steam Boat in Christmas tree
December 1872.
From "Antiques of
American Childhood
by Katharine
Morrison McClinton
Powered by an elastic band this little wooden paddle wheeler, with the black smokestack, will power its way through ponds, small streams and turbulent bathtubs. Even if this craft never ventures into the water, it still looks great on display and is a perfect model of toy boats made in times long past.