New York Antique Toy Industry - Types Makers Dates / Exhibition Catalog Book

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MADE FOR NEW YORK : ANTIQUE TOYS FROM THE LAWRENCE SCRIPPS WILKINSON COLLECTION
The New York Historical Society, Exhibition October 22, 1986 – March 1, 1987.
Illustrated in color and black-and-white, this early out-of-print book “is an exhibition which celebrates the development of a creative and responsive toy industry in New York, and permits insight into the life and times of the children who played with these toys, the adults who designed and selected them, the manufacturers who created them, and the society that shaped them.”  Approximately 75 toys were selected for this catalog.  Picture captions include name, maker, date, dimensions and terse description.  Makers include Louis Marx & Co., Shephard Hardware, Pratt and Letchworth, Wilkins Toy Company, Lionel Corporation, McLoughlin Brothers, and more.
This book covers by chapter:  New York City and a World of Toys 1875-1939; Circus Toys; Teddy Bears; New York Daily Life; Games; Banks; Cartoons; Trains; Dolls; Ships and Airplanes; Christmas;
Select Index of Toy Manufacturers
; and Select Bibliography.
9.3” x 8.2” softback in very good condition.  80 pages.
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