German Wooden Railway Station by Moritz Gottschalk

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16" (41 cm.) l. x 11"h. x 6"d. The small wooden building with painted red roof and yellow walls trimmed with dark yellow window frames has an open center section with cardboard-paned wooden railing,and steps leading to the hinged wooden door that presumably leads to the station platform. On either side of the open area are ticket and waiting rooms,each with a ticket- buying window for the agent,and each accessed by the hinged opening front wall; the interior rooms have original painted finish and paper parquet floors. A paper sign with gilt lettering "Railway Station" appears above the entrance. Excellent condition. Germany,Moritz Gottschalk,model 5965 (penciled on underbase),for the English-speaking market,circa 1900,a rare smaller size edifice from this firm.