Dunham's Cocoanut distributed these dollhouses as packing crates for their product in the 1890s. When the coconut was sold, grocers gave away the empty crates as advertising premiums.
The houses were 1:12 scale, made from wood with lithographed wallpapers. They also came with cardboard furniture, but the furniture is hard to find.
My Dunham's house is below. I filled it with a mixture of antique miniatures and cardboard furniture that we made ourselves. I used a vintage coin bank for the stove, which seemed appropriate for an advertising premium.
My favorite room is the second floor - please see the below closeups of the fish tank and moose. But my photographs do not do this house proper justice. Please see here for a better view.
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