ILLUSTRATIONS

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Army Truck Constructed Entirely from Used Tin Cans[Frontispiece]
I.Wounded Soldiers at Work[10]
II.Army Truck and Tin Cans Used to Make It[22]
III.The Raw Material from Which Many of the Toys Shown in This Book Were Made[23]
IV.Scribing a Line Around a Can with the Dividers. Cutting Along the Joint to Open a Can. Cutting from Right to Left with the Straight Shears. Cutting to the Line, Right to Left[22]
V.Author at Work[23]
VI.The Tools Needed for Tin Can Toy Making[32]
VII.Biscuit Cutters. Soldering[44]
VIII.Cooky Cutter, Tray Candlestick and Ash Trays Made by the Author[84]
IX.Steam Rollers[116]
X.Dumping Truck and Chassis of Toy Auto Truck.[120]
XI.Chassis of Toy Auto Truck and Dumping Truck.[121]
XII.Wooden Roofing Folder[120]
XIII.Oil Tank Truck and Toy Ford[152]
XIV.Red Cross Ambulance[153]
XV.Boats[170]
XVI.A Simple Toy Locomotive, a Sand or Water Mill and the First Tin Can Toy[174]
XVII.Steam Tractor and Gun[175]
XVIII.Aeroplane Weathervanes[188]
XIX.Lantern and Fighting Tank[192]
XX.A Toy Tin Can Kitchen[196]
XXI.A Doll’s Bathroom and a Tin Can Laundry[197]


MAKING TIN CAN TOYS

CHAPTER I
Tin Cans

VARIOUS KINDS OF CANS AND BOXES—PREPARING CANS FOR THE WORK—CUTTING IN AND OPENING OUT CANS AND BOXES