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1) The great American antique toy bazaar: 1879-1945 : 5,000 old engravings from original trade catalogs
Author
Publisher
Windmill Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Many kids play video games or ride on skateboards. But long ago, these fun activities didn't exist. Kids rode around on roller skates. They played games with jacks and marbles. What other toys and games have changed over time? Read this book to find out! Learn how daily life has changed over time in the Comparing Past and Present series-part of the Lightning Bolt Books ™ collection.
Publisher
RDA Enthusiast Brands
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"IT'S TIME TO PLAY" -- Rewind with us as we look back at the treasures of our youth. Whether you favored Tinkertoys or Candy Land, Betsy Wetsy or the Red Ryder BB gun, "I'm bored" wasn't likely in your vocabulary!" -- back cover.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Exploring The History of Childhood and Play in American History Through 50 Historic Treasures is a compilation of fifty iconic toys and games from American history. As the amount of leisure time available to children has increased in the United States, the number of toys available to them has also dramatically increased"--
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate manipulation brought muscular, accessory-stuffed action figures...
