And who can forget Matchbox Cars!  Sasha dolls, Snoopy, Easy Bake Oven, all
the myriad "award-winning" educational infant toys, dress-up clothes (the
pre-packaged kind...  There's a good book called "Children in the House:
300 years of Childhood in America" that talks about the change childhood
material culture, which might provide some insteresting insights...

>Don't forget toy trains, especially for the first half of the 20th century.
>Lionel, Ives, and American Flyer all come to mind.  The Toy Train Collector's
>Museum in Strasburg, PA is a good place to contact.
>
>Ron Goldfeder
>Museum of Transportation

Shirley Kathryn Woods <><
Associate University Registrar
The University of the South
Sewanee, TN  37383
TEL 931-598-1731
FAX 931-598-1894

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