1959 Lionel Trains Ad ~ Fox Meadow School, Scarsdale NY Photos

Original vintage magazine ad for Lionel Trains featuring a visit to the Fox Meadow School in Scarsdale, NY to study the development of maturing responsibility in children through the use of electric trains. The photos were actually taken at the school. Some people identified are teacher Sylvia Dudley, as well as pupils William Heyman and Andrew Wetmore. Other children are shown but not identified.

This is a two page ad in two pieces.

Tagline or sample ad copy: Psychologists say: "If he controls a Lionel train today . . . he'll control his life tomorrow."

Publication Year: 1959

Approximate Ad Size (total, in inches): 20 x 13½

Condition: Good. Some light wrinkling at center edges. A very small portion may have been cropped from center.