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- Poky the Clown Target Board, 1940-1950 - Players shoot at Poky the Clown's nose in this game made by the All Metal Products Company, also known as Wyandotte Toys. The company produced a range of metal toys, including toy guns. At one time the company was the largest manufacturer of toy guns. This target game originally came with a dart gun and three suction cup darts.
- 1940-1950
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Poky the Clown Target Board, 1940-1950
Players shoot at Poky the Clown's nose in this game made by the All Metal Products Company, also known as Wyandotte Toys. The company produced a range of metal toys, including toy guns. At one time the company was the largest manufacturer of toy guns. This target game originally came with a dart gun and three suction cup darts.
- Game, Task Force, circa 1951 - Guy W. Vitale, a World War II U. S. Navy veteran, patented this game in 1951. Players move ships across the board to their home ports. Along the way, players attack and try to destroy the enemy's (the opposing player's) fleet. The game was produced by a little-known game company in Albion, Michigan.
- circa 1951
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Game, Task Force, circa 1951
Guy W. Vitale, a World War II U. S. Navy veteran, patented this game in 1951. Players move ships across the board to their home ports. Along the way, players attack and try to destroy the enemy's (the opposing player's) fleet. The game was produced by a little-known game company in Albion, Michigan.
- Chastleton Patience Board, circa 1900 - This fold-out game board provides a solid surface for playing Patience -- a number of puzzle card games similar to Solitaire. Long fabric pockets secure cards in play, while wood slots provide storage. The board was designed by Mary Whitmore Jones who also authored works describing how to play the infinite varieties of the game.
- circa 1900
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Chastleton Patience Board, circa 1900
This fold-out game board provides a solid surface for playing Patience -- a number of puzzle card games similar to Solitaire. Long fabric pockets secure cards in play, while wood slots provide storage. The board was designed by Mary Whitmore Jones who also authored works describing how to play the infinite varieties of the game.
- Block City Building Blocks, 1955-1960 - 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.
- 1955-1960
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Block City Building Blocks, 1955-1960
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.
- "Morning's Catch," Fishing in the Adirondacks, New York, circa 1903 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1903
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"Morning's Catch," Fishing in the Adirondacks, New York, circa 1903
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Fisher-Price "#ThankYouHeroes: Emergency Medical Technician" Action Figure, 2020 - Fisher Price created the #ThankYouHeroes collection of Superhero Action Figures in the spring of 2020 to express gratitude and support for frontline workers during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures included healthcare workers, grocery store employees, and people who delivered essential products to homes and families. Fisher Price donated proceeds from the sales to support these frontline heroes.
- 2020
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Fisher-Price "#ThankYouHeroes: Emergency Medical Technician" Action Figure, 2020
Fisher Price created the #ThankYouHeroes collection of Superhero Action Figures in the spring of 2020 to express gratitude and support for frontline workers during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures included healthcare workers, grocery store employees, and people who delivered essential products to homes and families. Fisher Price donated proceeds from the sales to support these frontline heroes.
- Fisher-Price "#ThankYouHeroes: Doctor" Action Figure, 2020 - Fisher Price created the #ThankYouHeroes collection of Superhero Action Figures in the spring of 2020 to express gratitude and support for frontline workers during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures included healthcare workers, grocery store employees, and people who delivered essential products to homes and families. Fisher Price donated proceeds from the sales to support these frontline heroes.
- 2020
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Fisher-Price "#ThankYouHeroes: Doctor" Action Figure, 2020
Fisher Price created the #ThankYouHeroes collection of Superhero Action Figures in the spring of 2020 to express gratitude and support for frontline workers during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures included healthcare workers, grocery store employees, and people who delivered essential products to homes and families. Fisher Price donated proceeds from the sales to support these frontline heroes.
- Fisher-Price "#ThankYouHeroes: Nurse" Action Figure, 2020 - Fisher Price created the #ThankYouHeroes collection of Superhero Action Figures in the spring of 2020 to express gratitude and support for frontline workers during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures included healthcare workers, grocery store employees, and people who delivered essential products to homes and families. Fisher Price donated proceeds from the sales to support these frontline heroes.
- 2020
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Fisher-Price "#ThankYouHeroes: Nurse" Action Figure, 2020
Fisher Price created the #ThankYouHeroes collection of Superhero Action Figures in the spring of 2020 to express gratitude and support for frontline workers during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures included healthcare workers, grocery store employees, and people who delivered essential products to homes and families. Fisher Price donated proceeds from the sales to support these frontline heroes.
- Lincoln Tunnel Mechanical Toy, 1925-1940 - This lithographed, pressed metal toy by Unique Art Manufacturing Company, Inc., has vehicles traveling in and out of the Lincoln Tunnel. Cars enter either through rural New Jersey or urban New York. The Lincoln Tunnel opened in 1937 and runs under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan.
- 1925-1940
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Lincoln Tunnel Mechanical Toy, 1925-1940
This lithographed, pressed metal toy by Unique Art Manufacturing Company, Inc., has vehicles traveling in and out of the Lincoln Tunnel. Cars enter either through rural New Jersey or urban New York. The Lincoln Tunnel opened in 1937 and runs under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan.
- Mcguffey Ana Doll, 1937-1944 -
- 1937-1944
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Mcguffey Ana Doll, 1937-1944