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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