Children and Desks

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Whether at home, at school, or in the form of a toy, desks help shape the way children prepare for adult life.

Doll Slant-Front Desk, circa 1760

Child's Fall-front Desk, 1750-1800

Doll Slant-Front Desk, 1790-1810

Doll Slant-Front Desk, 1860-1880

School Desks, circa 1900 - 1

Young Girl Playing School with Dolls and a Peter Rabbit Stuffed Toy, circa 1920

Doll Desk and Chair, 1915-1921

Family Time at Home, 1924 - 1

Chautauqua Industrial Art Desk, 1926-1930

Students and Teacher in a One-Room School near Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940 - 1

School Desk, Used at the Shrine of the Little Flower Grade School, 1940-1949

Edison Institute Schools Students in Class, Giddings Family Home, Greenfield Village, September 1944

Doll Schoolroom Furniture Set, 1940-1950

U.S. Army Training Center Play Set, 1945-1955

Secretary Mechanical Toy, 1950-1960

Edison Institute Schools Students in Town Hall Classroom, Greenfield Village, 1969

Fisher-Price Play Family School, 1971-1975

Fisher-Price "School Days Play Desk," 1975

Barbie Travel Agent Play Set, 1986-1989

Keywords	Furniture furnishings
Themes	Design & Making

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