and chemistry sets
----- Original Message -----
From: Colin Macgregor Stevens <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: 20th century toys.


> Don't forget toys originating outside of the USA e.g.:
> - Germany's toy Zeppelins
> - Switzerland's music boxes
> - German made Teddy Bears
> - French dolls
> - Canadian "Trivial Pursuit" (invented by Canadians as I recall)
> - British "Commando" games from World War II
> - Czechoslovakia's Rubik's Cube
> - Canada's "Howdy Doody" (from TV show)
> - England's W. Britain's Toy Soldiers
> - England's Dinky toys
> - Italy's Topo Gigio - the little mouse from Italy, though he did come
over
> to visit Ed Sullivan's TV show in the USA.
> etc.
> (I hope I got the nationalities and spellings correct.)
>
> You may have trouble locating examples of early 20th Century toys. Luckily
> may of them can be made from patterns found in books of the period. If you
> are really stuck, we have some patterns.
>
> Colin Macgregor Stevens,
> [log in to unmask]
> Curator,
> Burnaby Village Museum,
> Burnaby, BC, CANADA
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> Behalf Of Laura Quackenbush
> Sent: February 24, 2000 03:23
> ...
> Hello from Northern Michigan-
> I am working on a 20th century exhibit, one element of which is toys.
> ... I want to tap your brains--what are the favorite toys of the 20th
> century?  ...
> Laura Quackenbush, Curator
> Leelanau Historical Museum
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