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[slow_walker]

Today I was surprised with a package of some Silver Dollar City goodies in the mail. They came from someone with a connection to the park and everything was acquired legitimately. I got 2 of the 50th anniversary Coke bottles, a 50th anniversary coffee cup, an SDC pig, and then there were some Christmas ornaments:  2 of the "Celebrating Our First All City Christmas" from 2003, 1 of the Silver Dollar City Saloon celebrating the 30th anniversary from OTC 2003, 1 of Brown's Candy Factory from OTC 2004, 1 of Carrie's Candles from OTC 2007, 1 of the Culinary and Craft School's Inaugural Season from OTC 2008 and 1 of the Lost Rivers of the Ozarks from OTC 2009.

But the coolest item in the box is the single piece pictured below. That is a metal ashtray and unfortunately, the person who sent it to me knows no information on it. It appears to be old, the back of it says "made in japan" but I cannot find any date stamped anywhere on it. You can see that the inside part of it says "Marvel Cave" at the top and "Old Mill Park" at the bottom. On the left side of the outer rim there is an engraving of a stage coach and it says "stage coach" above it. On the right side of the outer rim is an engraving of a wagon that says "wagon" above it. Does anyone know anything about this ashtray or have any idea how I could find out more about it? I have tried googling it a tiny bit, I will continue doing that, but I thought I'd ask the experts here on this board too.

I love how they incorporated the shape of a deputy star into the design.

[rubedugans]

I can't see the photo on my browser, but from the description , this is a different one than what I have. On monday I can use another browser to allow me to see the photo.

Very cool though on all the items!

[Avalanche04]

awesome congratulations!!

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

thats great lucky duck! pretty sweet deal!

[sanddunerider]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

[Junior]

Many of the SDC items from the 60s and 70s and even into the 80s that are stamped "Japan" were stock pieces customized for SDC by a little company in Branson that was located on the spot...even part of the same buildings...where Engler's Block is/was. (I think it has been named something else in the last year or two.) The name of the company was Lugene's, and they did stuff for Shepherd of the Hills, many of the other Branson tourist places, and for many, many other places...including businesses in the Lake of the Ozarks area and elsewhere. Dont know much about the ashtray pictured above, but it would probably be from the 50s if it has Marvel Cave Park on it, or maybe early, early 60s.

[Ozark Outlaw]

That's all pretty neat stuff! What's even better is most of it has at least some significance. The 50th Anniversary merchandise will go up in value over time, and the Christmas ornaments look like they are of quality material to last for generations.

The ash tray is simply amazing! It would make a great office piece, or simply a staple to your collection. Very nice score!

[How-doFolks]

Sweet stuff slow walker!! I have never seen those ashtrays myself, & i think SDC could make alil' $$$$ off ashtrays for smokers. I do remember back in the late 70s, my parents had a iron ashtray that said Silver Dollar City in it, they used it in their RV for people who smoked. My sister even threw it at me once! Just one of those things ya wish ya would'a kept back then.

[slow_walker]

I know what you mean about wishing you had kept stuff. I've lived near SDC my whole life and as kids in the 70's and 80's my brother and I used to have the old style popping cork guns, old train engineer hats, old mugs and all sorts of toys and t-shirts. All gone. Makes me so sad. I have already told my mother that this winter I'm going to spend a weekend at her house digging through her huge cedar chest of unsorted, loose photographs in an effort to find some old SDC shots.

And thanks for the info Junior. That's probably where it came from. I'm gonna keep searching to see if I can find exact info and now I've got some good background info to go off of.

[rubedugans]

I still have the cork-pop gun, conductors had, and mugs if you ever want the nostalgia through photos!

[Ozark Outlaw]

I miss my old cork-pop gun, but I still have my old engineers hat in storage. Unfortunately, it has seen better days. Let's live through nostalgia with your photos Rube!

I wish they still sold the ash tray. I would purchase it just as a collectors piece.

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

cork pop gun huh? My son has one of those. Drives me nuts....