Vintage "Upson Train Board" Mechanical Hobby Store Display moving equipment A streamlined mid-century banker's lamp

A streamlined mid-century banker's lamp with a long brass-finished shade

and brown leatherette

75" H x 24

Surface oxidation

Early 20th Century stool constructed of wood and japanned copper

Vintage "Upson Train Board" Mechanical Hobby Store Display moving equipment A streamlined mid-century banker's lampc. 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