Minibricks. Sort-of like today's Leggo but made of solid rubber with
snap-together red bricks, snap-on white lintels, green rubber flexible slate
roofs, and celluloid (or clear plastic) window panes. I believe it came from
England, and included architectural drawings with plans and elevations for
houses which could be built.

Also the small grey plastic submarines which came in cereal boxes. When
baking soda was placed in the socket in the centre, the toy would sink or
rise in the bathtub.

Nora Hague

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Notman Photographic Archives
McCord Museum of Canadian History
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Sheila McMahon <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: 20th century toys.


> For the first half of the century, Meccano and Erector Sets (A.C. Gilbert
> Co.)  I believe there is a Gilbert Museum in Connecticut.  Also Playskool,
> Lionel Train sets, paper dolls and coloring books (Crayola Crayons debuted
in
> 1902, I think).  Have you read KIDS' STUFF: Toys and the Changing World of
> American Childhood, by Gary Cross (Harvard U. Press, 1997)?  Sounds like
the
> exhibit will be fun.  Good luck.
>
> Mary Sheila McMahon
> Museum of American Heritage
> Palo Alto, CA
>
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