Dear Harry: I lived in Emmaus for 40 years, but am now in a retirement home in Myerstown. I am enclosing a picture of my Buddy L truck. My father gave it to me around 1922. I liked it so much I tried ...

Frustrated by shoddy-quality kids’ toys, Fred Lundahl, owner of a pressed steel company in Moline, Ill., made a toy truck for his 5-year-old son in 1920 and built an industry. He wanted his son, Buddy ...

Nostalgia fuels the market for vintage toys, and Bill Thiel’s collection is no exception. “My dad and his two brothers each were given a Buddy L truck for Christmas,” he explained in an email. “The ...