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Miscellaneous toys and keepsakes

Title
Miscellaneous toys and keepsakes [realia].
Publication
[possibly between 1850 and 1950]

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Additional Authors
Children's Room Collection.
Description
54 toys in 8 boxes : wood, glass, paper, clay, metal; toys in various sizes.
Summary
Miscellaneous toys, toy sets and keepsakes from the United States, Europe, and Japan, dating approximately from 1850s to 1950s.
Genre/Form
  • Figural toys.
  • Toys (recreational artifacts)
Note
  • Mother goose tower consists of wood floors and pegs, and walls of cardboard sides with nursery rhymes and illustrations. Patented 1883 and 1884.
  • Collection includes 3 Soloro sun-dials, and 1 Sun-dial and compass for scouts and hikers.
Contents
Box 1. Mother goose tower (1883-1884) -- Box 2. Carved stamp; 5 commemorative and award medals; 2 glass bottles; Japanese magic paper; Magnetic Scotties; Miniature figurine sets: bull fighting scene (11 pieces), children at school (6 pieces), Japanese(?) villagers at work (20 pieces); Miniature spinning wheel and spindle; Pad of patriotic moving pictures; Red light box; Saltshaker in shape of lady with fan; Wooden box with floral design made of sea shells; Wooden mold -- Box 3. Jacob's ladder toy with stickers; Japanese figurines: 2 carved sticks, 5 from Kumamoto prefecture, 1 set of mice in baskets; Sound-making cylinders: Cry babies, The cackling hen list, Lucky lamb; Modular snake; 4 sundials; Ring counter stacking toy -- Box 4. Feather bed smoother -- Box 5. Wooden catamaran model -- Box 6. Musical box -- Box 7. 13 spinning tops and gyroscopes: The chromotrope; Dessy; Humming top in hardwood; The Hurst gyroscope; 2 rainbow tops; 2 wooden yo-yos; 2 unidentified gyroscopes; 3 unidentified spinning tops -- Box 8. Three-dimensional paper and fabric collage with greeting card.
Call Number
ReCap 13-24910
OCLC
879642164
Title
Miscellaneous toys and keepsakes [realia].
Imprint
[possibly between 1850 and 1950]
Added Author
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
ReCap 13-24910
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