“MARX Sears 1962 #4073
Colonial MANSION with Breezeway and BOMB SHELTER Doll House
NO RUST COLD WAR SPECIAL” 
Here’s something you don’t see every day — a 1962 Marx tin dollhouse with a built in bomb shelter — spotted by Eartha Kitsch and featured on her fab blog, Ranch Dressing with Eartha Kitsch. There’s just something about miniature houses that appeals to most people — and this one also appeals to historians because of its rare bomb shelter. A few years ago, even the owner of the Marx Toy Museum had said he had seen only one of these rare doll house designs in his life — and that that the Museum didn’t even have one.
I emailed the seller, who kindly allowed us to show her photos here and also gave us a peek into how coveted this retro dollhouse seems to be is among vintage doll house collectors:
Hi Kate,
Thanks for contacting me on this. I’m more that happy to let you use the listing and link it. I have been selling on ebay for a while and I have never seen a response to a listing like this one. It is incredible the hits I get daily on it and the amount of people watching it. I’ve had several emails from people who have been looking for this dollhouse for 10+ years and others who want to link it to their dollhouse website. People who have these are so excited about their collection and sharing their stories with me and it has surprised many who never knew there was even a dollhouse out there made by Marx with a bomb shelter. It is truly a piece of history and I hope the right person gets this because if cared for it will last forever with the great shape it is in. I currently have over 40 people watching the auction and over 600 have pulled it up so it will be interesting to see what happens.
Sandy
- sandy3950
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From the Ebay listing:
The Holy Grail of Tin Litho Dollhouses.
MARX Sears 1962 #4073
Two Story Colonial MANSION with Breezeway and BOMB SHELTER Doll House
NO RUST COLD WAR SPECIAL
One of the rarest of all MARX houses is this one with the fall out shelter. The house was inspired by John F. Kennedy’s appeal to our nation to be prepared for the worst outcome in our Cold War with Russia. Many Americans built bomb shelters that year as a result. The craze was short lived and the house was a low seller, a real Bomb. The house was only produced for one year (1962) in a VERY LIMITED quantity. Since it was not a big seller it is extremely difficult to find. The house also came with the rare Dutch door in white plastic. The inside of the house was exactly the same as most colonials, with the exception of the garage being replaced by the bombshelter.
And here it is….. the one room that makes this item a collectors must have. This is Priceless so don’t let it get away. It will only go up in value.
Super Rare features include.
1. Bomb Shelter/ fall-out shelter (has first aid items and things not normally in a garage)
2. Recroom/ gameroom
3. Breezeway
4. COVERED patio-I have not found anywhere. 5. Bay window front with the plastic pieces for the bay window
6. Dutch entry door -It is missing the actual door but has the plastic entry piece.The graphic on the walls and floors are incredible too many detail to list (see photos)
Appears to have been used very little if at all. No Rust. All tabs seem to be fine and all pieces attach together. Very colorfull and detailed pieces. There is one small scratch on roof and someone drew with a marker so I cleaned it off best I could. You can hardly see it now and it does not affect the overall look. Especially since it’s on the back side. There are a couple other tiny scratches in places but compared to others I have seen from the same era this one is a gem! It is missing the dutch door itself and the piece that goes on top of the breezeway side. It’s not a chimney but not sure what it is. The plastic green patio top does have a small crack in it but it is solid and hard to even see.
Seller Sandy also points to a 2008 story in the Charlotte Observer about the Official Marx Toy Museum. In her listing, Sandy says this was also in the story — although I cannot see it in the source document:
“Prominently missing in his collection is the grand Marx dollhouse that also came with a fallout shelter. ‘They just put that out for a little while, around the time of the Cuban missile crisis, and I’ve only seen one in my whole life,” [Museum owner] Turner apologizes.
There’s currently a take-no-prisoners opening bid of $999. This sold for $6.44 at Sears in 1962! Pretty darn good house appreciation!
Wow — this is truly an awesome little house. Special thanks to Ebay seller Sandy3950 for allowing us to feature this gem of a find.
Just one question: Wouldn’t a real bomb shelter always be below ground?
Let’s hear your home bomb shelter stories, readers!
Even If you couldn’t afford to build a full-fledged underground bomb shelter, it was common to set aside an area to keep food and other supplies like those shown. Ours was in the basement and looked very similar to the dollhouse garage, although without the refinements of calendar, clock etc. We lived in a rural area where power went out frequently and we got snowed in for a couple days once or twice a year, so we kept flashlights, batteries, candles and extra blankets there. We used it as a kind of pantry and just rotated the canned goods so there were always some extras but they were kept up to date. Not a bad idea, even now, with extreme weather events becoming more frequent.
Someone please buy and donate to the museum. Would be nice for this to be displayed where many can enjoy.
Back in the ’60s my Dad sold bomb shelters as a second job. I think he only sold one and didn’t stay with that job very long.
When we were looking for our current home, the Realtor showed us a couple with bomb shelters.
And, boy, do I remember those bombing drills at school!
OHMYGOSH, Linda! This is truly a blast from the past for us baby boomers! I too remember those bomb drills, crouching in the dark hallway with your head on your knees and your hands over your head, as if that would save you! The wailing siren on the top of the school made me cringe! I have never ever seen or heard of this dollhouse and I just can’t imagine selling a doll house with a bomb shelter in it! Whose warped idea was that?! No wonder it didn’t sell! I collect dolls and occasionally a doll house but this one is not only rare, it is in beautiful condition!
What a great foot note to history. This really does belong in a museum. What was the Marx Co. thinking. I can’t imagine a parent wanting to give their child a dollhouse with shelter to pretend they were under enemy attack. When i got into elementary school some of the hysteria had passed – no more drills but the fallout shelter signs were still prominantely posted on buildings.
Jay, we were on the same wavelength here! I was typing my reply and hadn’t even seen your comment yet. I wonder if the person who came up with the idea got fired? But it is a wonderful piece of memorabilia from that era.
Oh and the lithography is superb! the decor strikes me as more late 40s /50s, I noticed how realistic the exterior materials are – stone, redwood boards and shingles.
I had the non-bombshelter version of this doll house. I remember the fallout shelter sign with the three triangles taped in the stairwell of my elementary school, but I really didn’t understand what it meant. The stairwell led to the basement cafeteria, and I thought the sign was warning us not to stick a fork or a knife in an outlet, or we would get shocked.
On the back wall of the bomb shelter there is a red shelf. On the shelf there is a green machine of some sort with a handle that turns. What is this?
We had a bomb shelter in our house when I was growing up. I don’t think we’d have survived a nuclear attack, but it made a good tornado shelter. The home’s prior owners had built the shelter.
I think it’s a hand cranked siren for mom to mobilze fall-out and bring the kids back in from playing.
It’s not a ditto machine or a siren but rather a hand-cranked air filter (what good would a copy machine be after the apocalypse?). I know this because I recently viewed the film Ladybug Ladybug (1963), an interesting relic about what happens to a school full of children when the air raid sirens go off. It’s available on Netflix streaming and stars the guy who played KITT in Knight Rider – well worth a look.
That thing looks like a Ditto Machine to me. Maybe Mom and Dad were putting out a newsletter, or Mom was prepared to keep giving the kids their math tests even during a disaster by cranking the tests out on the Ditto Machine!
Oh My! We are all showing our ages – ditto machines, trading stamps and fall-out shelters.
Someone should make a ditto machine perfume. Bring back the ditto machine.
Of course, I just had to go research……the Ditto, Inc. company went out of business years ago and the ditto machines have gone the way of dinosaurs, but there is still one company in the US that still makes ditto ink, or spirit duplicating fluid.
You can order your own perfume for $96 for 4 gallons! What a high that would be!
http://www.repeatotype.com/spirit.html
I loved trading stamps. My mom would let my sister and me put them in the booklets. She used trading stamps to get accessories for the house, such as some vinyl-covered ottomans for the basement family room. One was harvest gold, the other an emerald green.
I’m laughing at these comments…the Ditto machine for math tests, don’t stick your fork in an outlet…lol. I still remember watching lots of film strips/movies in school about safety and to never take your toast out of the toaster with a fork or you’d get shocked.
Duck & cover was before my time, but the freshly printed Dittos I can still remember the smell of the purplish wet papers. And, my friend had a cool litho Marx dollhouse back then that I wish I had but never got.
JKaye,
That was my first thought too, a ditto machine. I can still smell the ditto fluid and see the hazy purple print.
“Mimeograph” is the name, I think.
I never curse my modern printers and copy machines, because I know, no matter what paper jams may happen, they are miracles of paper-handling compared to anything before them.
Did you know that you might be able to read the 8th copy using carbon paper, but if you want more copies than that, you’d have to type it over again?
P.S. – Of course that’s not what it is. I wonder if it relates to the white bucket beneath it? Flour grinder?
The device in question is to run a fan for air circulation – a necessity in underground and/or sealed shelters. Larger public shelters had devices with bicycles attached instead of hand cranks. There are people who collect these items, believe it or not! Civildefensemuseum.com has a ton of pictures and information on this aspect of the 50s and 60s.
There is what looks to be a trash can under that crank handled device — is it some sort of a grinder for trash and food scraps?
Maybe it’s a diaper pail. No Pampers in those days. Can you imagine having to deal with a child in diapers during a disaster?
That opening bid is actually reasonable if you consider the rarity. Won’t be at all surprised it the bidding goes to $5,000 or better.
This will be a fun one to watch!
That is something else! I like how there is a calendar on the wall, so if you had to take shelter, you could count off the days and not lose track of how long you had been there. Of course, in this tin litho version, you could only have your dollies trapped in there for 31 days.
I too, hope someone buys it and passes it on to the museum for all to enjoy.
Nice comment, I actually laughed out loud! Dollies trapped for 31 days, hehe. Wouldn’t it be a great detail if they’d put a Marx dollhouse on the shelf so the doll kids could play with their dolls while waiting for the fallout to dissipate?
Gee, this house brings back memories! I had several of these metal dollhouses growing up. ( Not this model, of course) but ones just like it.
My mom would get them for me using the Top Value Stamps we got at the grocery store. After we got the groceries all put away, we would stick those stamps in the the paper books. How many stamps you got, depended on the amount you had spent. They had a redemption catalog and you could see how many full books it took to “buy” an item. Or even better was to go to the redemption store and shop and see everything in person.
Oh Lynn…now you brought back a vivid memory. My mom got me a tin dollhouse from her S&H green stamps. I have a picture of me standing in front of it on Christmas day.
Holy Moly. This might be the only doll house my husband would ever let me own. He really wants to buy a house (a real one) with a bomb shelter.
I love the details. The calendar on the wall so you can tick off the days. The radio, blankets, supplies, etc. Too awesome for words.
There’s one of these houses shown on page 45 of Mary Brett’s book, “Tomart’s Price Guide to Tin Litho Doll Houses and Plastic Doll House Furniture” – available on amazon.
I, too, remember having the fallout shelter signs all over school. And I remember having regular air raid drills at school (like crouching under your desk would really protect you from the effects of a nuclear blast!).
That a designer of children’s toys would come up with a doll house with a bomb shelter just shows you how super conscious we were of a nuclear war during the time of the Bay of Pigs. Most of us, especially children, just didn’t know how imminent an actual attack was at the time. The adults were tense and serious about the whole thing, I remember that tense atmosphere well. We lived near an underground missile silo outside of Chicago with its large radar apparatus sticking out like a sore thumb in the community – a daily reminder that Chicago would have been a prime target and we would have been toast.
Thanks for jogging the memory, I recall Phila. was ringed with these same Nike misile sites that were actively manned, it was very common to see military convoys on the roads around the sites. They were rendered obsolete and decommisioned years ago.
Here’s a video of the bomb shelter with a parascoped window in the basement of my old house in Bloomington, Indiana. Concrete block on all sides and the ceiling with awesome wood paneling. The house also had a dumb waiter and a Nutone record player built into the wall.
http://kylehaskins.com/post/4340937212/bomb-shelter-office
What a unique room, Kyle!
How cool! I lived in Bloomington through much of my formative school air raid drill days! What memories! Although we didn’t have the Nutone, until 1968 when we moved from Maryland (there in 1965) to California, and we never did have a home bomb shelter.
That house having a bomb shelter is wild! I had a later version of that house. No gameroom and where the bomb shelter is on that one, there was a laundry room in mine.
Marc has a great idea – that it be donated to the museum where many could enjoy it.
I still have my childhood Marx dollhouse. A Christmas gift in the mid 60s. Packed away & hasn’t been setup in years. Very similar to this one – it has a laundry room where this has the bomb shelter. And came with neither the plastic door & bay window, nor the breezeway & gameroom wing. All other rooms look identical to this one. The detail in the lithography is wonderful.
Lucky you, Kelly! My house was a T. Cohn (the pink one – here’s one on ebay right now – http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tin-Litho-Dollhouse-/200880008940?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123). Unfortunately, no one knows where mine went!
I did a lot of reading when I wrote about this house – and let me tell you, it’s some fascinating stuff! Kate, a lot of people did build shelters inside of their homes with major, major reinforcing and air blocking. Most people put them underground if they could afford to though.
The thing on the wall with the crank is a blower. Apparently, some blowers were used only to keep fresh air in and ward off mildew in the bunkers when not in use – though some were advertised as able to bring fresh air in while filtering out radioactive particles after a fallout. Not sure I’d trust them for that latter but I guess…what choice would one have but TO trust them? : )
Weird. I was just thinking about the “Happy Days” episode where the Cunninghams get a bomb shelter and it just came on the t.v.!
How cool! I just showed my husband and 11 year old daughter. It was a nice opportunity to engage her in a little history lesson.
I own one and I have part of the door (it was a French door- I have the lower part)-I got mine off Ebay about 8 years ago- no one else bit and got it for $450.00
I have none of the “bomb shelter” furniture- actually that is FAR more valuable than the house- I have only seen it in the Doll House book and one time a cot was on Ebay and that went for several hundred (can’t remember if it was 2 or 300.00 at the time-FOR ONE cot!).
There are more out there- google and you can see what the door looked like and the “furniture” that went in that room.
ment to day Dutch, not French door! sorry wrong country
I worked on a landscape renovation back in the 1990′s at a historic home with a large walled yard, mostly taken up with some sort of collapsed-in structure that had become overgrown with volunteer shrubs and weeds. It appeared to have once had a quonset-style roof but was mostly subterranean. It was sizable but too creepy for any of us to crawl down in it; we referred to it as the root cellar but didn’t really know what it had been for.
The new owners wanted to salvage the garden space and during construction the “root cellar” was cleaned up and filled in. It wasn’t until later that it occurred to me that it was a fall-out shelter! Discovering whoever built it would be fun to research, as it is a well-known home in the University of Denver neighborhood. I wonder if one had to obtain a building permit or variance and if there were companies who specialized in constructing fall-out shelters.
Great dollhouse – will be fun to follow the auction!
I have to admit that I wasn’t in love with the Marx dollhouse, despite the fact that it was very pretty. I didn’t appreciate the extreme detailing on every surface, dictating exactly what a room was supposed to be used for. If you didn’t align the little plastic furniture up with the floor rugs or wall decor, it was so noticeable.
The only way my sister and I really had fun with it was to act silly, and put the sofa in the kitchen, the dining table in the bathroom, and the bathtub in the living room. Then the Daddy figure would come home from work and be very confused. “Where’s my supper?” he’d ask. “We’re having it in the bathroom tonight, honey,” Mother would say. “You can wash your hands and sit right down to eat. You can use the toilet as your chair.”
Lots of giggles at that point — a bathroom joke was very funny.
(I notice that the baby crib is in the bathroom in this photo, so someone else has the same attitude about playing with this dollhouse, maybe?)
The biggest drawback to the Marx dollhouse was — Barbie could not fit into it. Barbie was beginning to rule at our house by 1962. We got the Barbie Fashion Shop, probably the next year, and it was in constant use for the next five years or so.
The Marx dollhouse did not go into foreclosure, however. Eventually my sister moved her troll dolls into it, and they seemed pretty happy there.
Yes, I was ALL ABOUT BARBIE, too, JKaye!
Loved Barbie, too, from the time I got my first (a red-headed bubblecut) in 1962. Never had any of the structures, but I did have a case. And I remember every time after my friends and I were finished playing, each little shoe and purse and necklace got put away in the drawers and each outfit got hung up, and I never lost any of it (until I moved away from home years later, and they just all disappeared!). Where, oh where did all of those early organizational skills go??
Of course, I loved my trolls, too. I got the first of those in 1964, and it managed to sneak into my suitcase when my parents took me with them to Europe that year – a well-traveled troll that one was!
My favorite troll had orange hair. It was impossible to be sad while playing with trolls.
FYI – not like it will matter to most but the patio cover does not belong to this model – it also is not attached like in other Marx homes because there are no holes for it- it also is a free standing and not original to the house….also it is miss (besides the door) the coupla-very hard to find item for over rec room
I beg to differ…I’ve seen the Sears Catalog Ad for it…it was actually called a Colonial with Fallout Shelter and it did have the Green plastic Patio Awning showing as coming with the house…I always thought the same as you until I saw the Catalog page…
thank you Jared for making your comment. Yes this model was unique in many different ways and to prove it I found a site with a pic from the catalog an it indeed has the awning. I did explain in the listing it is missing the coupla but to have everything it does have especially the awning still and the condition is rare in itself. I have found a couple others who happen to be lucky enough to own this model but do not have the awning and therefore I guess think it doesn’t come with it. here is the link to a page that has the picture. http://beeskneesdaily.com/sears-1962-christmas-catalog-toys-for-girls/
I do not have a 62′ Wish Book to look at but I did check what my “Tomart” guide…it shows none, and they do not mention that it had one, in fact it show the house and makes mention that (in the one shown) only the door is missing. In the “Marx Toy Sampler A History & Price Guide” it also does not say.
According to other web sites (prior to this listing) they also do not make mention of a plastic roof.
The coupla also has a weather vain on top.
The Tomart Guide uses some pix of Dollhouses owned by collectors, and the fallout shelter house is one of them…they actually procured those pix from barbigirl’s AllDolledup Site, and she clearly states that they were not complete…you are right about the cupola, they are hard to find, along with the weather vane…the REALLY hard parts to find are the actual shelter furniture….VERY rare…doubt we’ll see any on the market anytime soon…the Tomart Guide is also incomplete and out-dated…I’d rather believe an actual ad of the times, showing it and all it’s parts, than the Guide…I do wish someone would come out with a more complete history of Marx Houses than what is out there now…no fault of theirs, the history is just really scarce…
Even for other Marx things it’s really hard to find good info—-some have tried.
I don’t think the seller is having any problems with this listing and I’m thrilled to see my investment doubled.
It’s kind of odd to see people’s reactions (even antique collectors) some are still freaked out they made it, others can’t seem to feel it’s rare.
You are so right about that…hard to find any info on the old Marx toys…and there are a lot out there! They made a wide range of really cool toys, but my Wife is an avid marx dollhouse collector, so we’re getting a bit more informed as we go…it’s cool for you that you have the fall-out shelter house, they ARE rare, no matter what some people think, you should send some pix of it, I would love to see it…I have the first bid on this one and will fight hard for it…want to surprise my Wife with it…she has no idea it is up for auction…it will complete her collection…wish me luck!
Good Luck!
Thanks, Diane…you brought me luck…patience and luck paid off! My Wife is going to be so surprised!! Can’t wait till she see’s it…
Just wondering – since it’s a “gift” you may not know- any thoughts as to where it goes in your home?
Will it be an addition to other doll homes or as a stand alone decoration in the living room or in a real bomb shelter? Wondering how it fits into the decor!
Enjoy!!
also, I do not use flicker so I can’t seem to upload to this site
Well, I had to tell her about it…kinda hard hiding that kinda money from her…LOL I really wanted to surprise her when it showed up at the house and she unpacked it…oh well, best laid plans and all that….
Since I told her, She has already picked out a spot right between her two Disney Houses, one from ’49 and a lighted one w/breezeway from ’50…she has a total of 26 Marx houses, counting this one, on three walls and a couple of 6′ tables…this will be her “Crown Jewel”, tho and will command the center shelf…she has pix of all of them in a Yahoo group for Marx Dollhouses…I bet she can’t wait to send pix of this one in! You should go there and join and upload your pix of your house…thanks for the comments, Beth!
{{{Congratulations Jared}}} It’s so cool how excited you are to give this great collectors’ item to your wife!! Very nice story.
We’d love to see all 26 of her Marx houses. Quite an accomplishment I’d say….!
Thanks, Diane…she is quite proud of her collection…it gives her a lot of joy, which of course brings me great joy as well!! Check out dollhouses: a list for collectors of tin litho dollhouses and playsets… http//groups.yahoo.com/group/dolhouses… Look for Gaylynn’s Collection…it has pix of most of her houses…it is a fascinating hobby and learning experience for her!
something’s wrong with that link below, Jared. I even added another “l” in dolhouses and it doesn’t get me there.
Sorry, Diane…it’s http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dollhouses/
I own one of those, minus the two side parts. I used it for an album cover for a band in 1999. You can see it in the third photo:
http://www.factoryportland.com/portfolio/
… and on my Flickr stream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdquirk/305750387/
But do you have the model with the fallout shelter???
looks like this front – http://seesaw.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54fabf0ec88330128765815d8970c-pi
I remember my old metal doll house. It was nowhere near as large as this one, but I wish I still had it. I see the metal ones every now and again, but they’re usually in pretty rough shape (dents and rust) for a hefty price.
I don’t remember playing with the doll house much (maybe I was too young to remember), but later I owned Barbie, Skipper, Ken, none of which I cared much about. Then along came dolls like Chrissy and Tressie (the dolls you pulled the hair to make it longer, turned a knob to shorten it), and I played with those for a short time. I must have been a disappointment to a mother who had wanted a child so badly (had me late in life), and a little girl to boot, and then I ended up more of a tomboy than a girly girl. I hated frilly dresses and dolls. lol
I grew up on the tail end of the bomb shelter era, but like many families, especially those living rural, we had emergency supplies set aside. It was only natural considering power outages and weather situations. Supplies that the Red Cross suggest for emergency stockpiles today, were a natural part of life at one point, and not something that we were told to do. It was just something you did.
Anyway….cool doll house.
I just ‘browsed’ eBay and found this Marx Ranch style…..Pretty cool.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MARX-RANCH-STYLE-METAL-DOLL-HOUSE-WITH-FURNATURE-/181051657501?pt=US_Dolls_Bears_Toys&hash=item2a27850d1d
IF you want to talk cool–IMO nothing compares to a Marx Imagination! and also these –
http://flickriver.com/photos/57604958@N06/7510872178/
http://marxplaysets.blogspot.com/2008/03/marx-dollhouse-low-rancher-with-life.html both had the same furniture- the “ranch” had a lift off roof
I WANT a round!!! Not a Marx – http://www.barbigirl.com/eagle.htm
Many like – Irwin Interiors – you really can have the rooms of your dreams with these- I have a few sets and love them. They are great set up in book shelves.
http://www.dollshousespastandpresent.com/issue11nov2011p6.htm
Some also want http://www.flickr.com/photos/24836655@N03/2349588185/
With Irwin Interiors and Debbie’s dream house they are not at the Marx scale and really can’t interface well.
There are some great blogs that show what some have done with their dollhouse – http://www.puppenhausmuseum.de/kibri-60er-design.html
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/at-new-york-dollhouse-tours-61012
also (if any one cares) – the dollhouse people (mom & dad) smoked in the Imagination house- they hold cigarettes – it’s easy to find images of this- it’s hard to find the figures because they were often removed
here is a dad – http://daddytypes.com/2005/10/24/marx_imagination_doll_house_you_complete_me.php
Wow! We lived in Anchorage, AK, next to Elmendorf AFB during these years. As children, we knew exactly what the ‘DEW’ line (Distant Early Warning) was, and there were huge air raid sirens everywhere. I don’t recall ever having a fire drill, but we had air raid drills ALL the time. I remember being home playing outside once when they went off, and I just froze. My mom was calling me from the back door, and I literally could not make my feet move. She finally came out and snagged me, then we rushed down in the basement.
My parents were building a house in Tulsa OK in 1960. I remember looking at models by bomb shelter vendors wiith my dad for a number of weeks that year. Many were designed for below-ground use. They felt kinda creepy but had poential for fun as seen thru my then 8-year-old eyes. Imagine playing house with all those canned goods!
Dad eventually decided that those shelters were too small, so he reinforced the concrete block around one interior room in the house (no windows), for our shelter. We actually used it for protection during tornados, a common occurrence in Oklahoma.
OH MY GOODNESS! This is the exact house that my four sisters and I played with for years! I had no idea that was a bomb shelter. We used it as a garage. I do wonder what happened to it! WOW!
Sold for more than $1,000!
I cant believe I have that in my garage….. I always had so much fun with my doll house. Never before have I seen one like this… The memories Thank You….
Wow, Barbara, you still have an old Marx house w/fall-out shelter? You have a true treasure on your hands! You should show us some pictures of it! Do you still have all the furniture and stuff that came with it?
I do believe so. I am on a mission tomorrow on my day off to look in the box I stored them in so many years ago. I will let all know and I will certainly put some pictures out there also.. Just wondering what else is could be out there. Will know soon enough!!!
Sounds liked a good treasure hunt for sure! Can’t wait to see what you find….should bring back some fond memories at the very least!
OMG – my house was built in 1962 and it has a real bomb shelter in the basement! I remember the bomb shelter days!
The house I grew up in and my parents still live in was built in 1962 and has an underground bomb shelter. I was born in November 1962 (the youngest of four kids). I showed this dollhouse to my Mom this weekend and she immediately commented on the air-filtering device. Ours had (still has) a hand-crank built into the wall and I remember it being very hard to turn. She also told me that she’d asked the family doctor to come stay in the bomb shelter with us as she was afraid we’d be down there when I was born. Fortunately, that wasn’t necessary!