This is a little belated, but looking at the responses about toys, I'm wondering if only rural kids played with farm toys - tractors, discs, combines, etc.?  I thought they were more widespread than that.

There's a farm toy museum in Dyersville, Iowa, near the Ertl toy factory.



Sarah Wood-Clark
Museum Registrar
Kansas State Historical Society
6425 SW 6 Ave.
Topeka, KS  66615
(785)272-8681, ext. 407
Fax (785)272-8682
TTY (785)272-8683
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