I love old toys. They are whimsical and fun, and perfect to display in a sewing room, studio, kitchen, child's room — anywhere!
Here are some of my latest playful finds . . .
This is my fourth toy sewing machine. I prefer the Sew Master ones, made by KAY-an-EE, that have colorful floral decals on them.
This toy refrigerator also has a decal on it, but I'm fairly certain that it didn't come that way. I'll bet it was applied by its original owner back in the 1950s.
The inside of this fridge is awesome. Stocked full of realistically lithographed groceries, it even has a crisper drawer.
I found another 1950 first edition of Susie's New Stove. My all-time favorite Little Golden Book, whenever I come across one of these charmers, you can be sure it will come home with me.
To complete the toy kitchen, I found this 1950s Wolverine toy stove and Marx toy sink.
Moving on to music — this 45 record from 1960 has the cutest little cowboy on its paper sleeve.
Here is something I've never come across before — a 1950s portable phonograph made by Zany Toys. It consists of a stand, a circular platform on which to place a record, a needle arm, and a crank to hand wind the record and make it play. So ingenious!
This 1930s print is titled "All Tuckered Out." After all, a full day of play can be tiring.
By Maud Tousey Fangel, the premier children's artist in the U.S. during the first half of the twentieth century, this piece was lithographed in relief, and has a puffy, three dimensional surface.
Fun stuff!
Susan
Susan you know I love all of these finds. I have so many
of them and love them dearly.
I have never seen a record
player like that. That is just
about the coolest of cool. I
let my grandchildren play all of
my 78's, 33's, and 45's and it is
so funny to hear them talk about
how weird the black discs are. The
different speeds got to them, they just thought that was cool.
They love to play my phonograph and can't believe it plays by just winding it up with no electricity. Funny huh.
Posted by: Elsie | January 23, 2012 at 10:40 AM