This is a cache honoring Model Railroading. Permission was given by the owner of the store.
Model railroading started in the early 1900s with Lionel's introduction of the first commercial electric train kit. Soon after, in the 1920s, model experienced its "Golden Age". The 1930s saw their advances, too, with the introduction of O and HO scales. O is the 3-railed scale most commonly found under the Christmas tree. HO stands for "half O", and is the most common and popular scale today for modelers. However, this couldn't last forever. World War One stopped production of model trains. After the war, though, the hobby found a resurgence of popularity, with model trains being the #1 train for boys in the early 1950s. And, in the 1960s, new, smaller scales like N, named for the 9 millimeters between the tracks, and Z, named for the assumption that no smaller scales would be made. (They were, TT is currently the smallest scale). All and all, model railroading has been around for a very long time and has a very rich history.
Happy caching!
-MrSam
UPDATE!! This cache has been relegated in size ranking following the realization that it is not, in fact, the size of a shoebox. It's a bit larger the size of a shortened (in length) paper towel tube.