Block City Building Blocks, 1955-1960
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Artifact Overview
Children love to build things--whether they create imaginative worlds or smaller versions of the real one. Construction toys are quite literally and figuratively "the building blocks of childhood." Playing with them builds physical and intellectual skills--and encourages creativity. Post-World War II Baby Boomers could recreate their neighborhood homes, stores, and offices with this set of plastic building blocks.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Building blocks
Date Made
1955-1960
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2022.113.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift in Memory of Dr. Catherine Garcia-McDonnell.
Material
Plastic
Metal
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 15.875 in
Diameter: 4.25 in
Inscriptions
around lid of packaging:
BUILD WITH BLOCKS
around top of packaging:
THE TOURIST THE TAMPA THE LEXINGTON THE CORAL GABLES / TO OPEN / PULL STRING / AND PRESS / ALONG STRING / LINE / REAL FUN FOR EVERYONE
around middle of packaging:
REGULAR WINDOW / CORNER WINDOW / DOOR LINTEL / REAR DOOR / BLOCK / CITY / Model homes, Stores, Garages, / Buildings, Churches / THE MOST AUTHENTIC / PLASTIC BLOCK BUILDING SET / WITH COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS / FULL BLOCK / HALF BLOCK / COPINGS (3 SIZES) / DOOR LINTEL / FRONT DOOR / MAKE HUNDREDS OF / ACCURATELY SCALED / MODEL BUILDINGS / "The Beverly Hills" / No. B 500 / Contains 306 Pieces / 190 BLOCKS / 40 HALF BLOCKS / 4 DOOR LINTELS / 4 DOORS / 6 SIDE WINDOWS / 4 CORNER WINDOWS / 2 CORNER WINDOW LINTELS / 22 COPING STRIPS / 24 ROOFING BLOCKS (ANGLE) / 1 GARAGE DOOR LINTEL / 1 GARAGE DOOR / 6 FENCE PIECES / 2 FENCE GATES / AMPLE ROOFING MATERIAL
around bottom of packaging:
BLOCK CITY / The Plastic Building Set / T TRI-STATE PLASTIC MOLDING CO., INC. / HENDERSON, KENTUCKY / BLOCK CITY / The Plastic Building Set
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