A 1948 Bradley and Kaye advertisement listed 6 park and 8 portable Little Dipper units were sold. |
The manufacturing rights to the Little Dipper were sold to the Allan Herschell Company near the end of 1948. |
1953 story on Beverly Park states that 26 Little Dippers were constructed by Bradley & Kaye. |
In the 1970s Bradley and Kaye produced and sold new Little Dipper trains using fiberglass bodies. They also refurbished old units and resold them with the new trains. |
A Bradley and Kaye ad in the November 29th, 1947 issue of Billboard states they were in the "3rd year of production [of] The Little Dipper Portable Miniature Coaster". So that would suggest the first one was out the door in 1945. |