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[[Yankee Shop]] was a manufacturer of live steam locomotives. It was founded by [[Lester Friend]]. | [[Yankee Shop]] was a manufacturer of live steam locomotives. It was founded by [[Lester Friend]]. | ||
See also [[Friends Models]]. | |||
== Gallery == | |||
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File:YankeeShop TheModelCraftsman Nov1945.PNG|Yankee Shop advertisement from [[The Model Craftsman]], November 1945. | File:YankeeShop TheModelCraftsman Nov1945.PNG|Yankee Shop advertisement from [[The Model Craftsman]], November 1945. | ||
File:YankeeShop1inchAtlanticChassis1953.jpg|Yankee Shop advertisement from "The Miniature Locomotive", Nov-Dec 1953. | File:YankeeShop1inchAtlanticChassis1953.jpg|Yankee Shop advertisement from "The Miniature Locomotive", Nov-Dec 1953. | ||
File:LesterFriend Yankee Shop WWII.jpg|Inside YANKEE SHOP, circa WWII. That's Lester Friend in the foreground. Note the 2 ladies in the background working at the machines, probably doing their part for the War effort; and note the waxed, red-and-white tiled floor! Both photos, courtesy of Albert Grant and FriendsModels.com. | |||
File:LesterFriendSr YankeeShop Engines.jpg|Lester Friend in his home shop in Beverly, MA in the 1950s. His 1" scale "Yankee Shop" 4-4-2, nearing completion, is behind him. | |||
File:SouthBendLatheAdvert featuring LesterDFriend.jpg|South Bend Lathe advertisement featuring Lester D. Friend, from "The Live Steamer", May-June 1950 | |||
File:LesterFriend Hudson True.jpg|Lester Friend with his 1.5 inch scale Hudson at Topsfield Fair. From "True", May 1951. | |||
Joe Friend True May 1951.jpg|Joe Friend, Lester's son, from "True" Magazine, May 1951. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* [http://www.friendsmodels.com/ourhistoryourfuture/yankeeshop19381972.html "Friends Yankee Shop Models", a history, by John Kurdzoniak] | * [http://www.friendsmodels.com/ourhistoryourfuture/yankeeshop19381972.html "Friends Yankee Shop Models", a history, by John Kurdzoniak] | ||
Revision as of 09:30, 28 June 2016
Yankee Shop was a manufacturer of live steam locomotives. It was founded by Lester Friend.
See also Friends Models.
Gallery
Yankee Shop advertisement from The Model Craftsman, November 1945.
Yankee Shop advertisement from "The Miniature Locomotive", Nov-Dec 1953.
Inside YANKEE SHOP, circa WWII. That's Lester Friend in the foreground. Note the 2 ladies in the background working at the machines, probably doing their part for the War effort; and note the waxed, red-and-white tiled floor! Both photos, courtesy of Albert Grant and FriendsModels.com.
Lester Friend in his home shop in Beverly, MA in the 1950s. His 1" scale "Yankee Shop" 4-4-2, nearing completion, is behind him.
South Bend Lathe advertisement featuring Lester D. Friend, from "The Live Steamer", May-June 1950
Lester Friend with his 1.5 inch scale Hudson at Topsfield Fair. From "True", May 1951.
Joe Friend, Lester's son, from "True" Magazine, May 1951.
