The story of American toys : from the Puritans to the present / Richard O'Brien.

Main entry:

O'Brien, Richard, 1934-

Title & Author:

The story of American toys : from the Puritans to the present / Richard O'Brien.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.
Early days -- The Civil War and after -- Turn-of -the-century flowering -- Twenties boom time -- Depression playthings -- World War II: making do -- Postwar and the fifties -- The soaring sixties -- The turbulent seventies -- The corporate eighties -- Epilogue-or prologue -- Sources -- Index and photo credits.

Summary:

Evokes the wonder and nostalgia of toys in America with the story of the inventors, manufacturers, and marketers behind the toys.

ISBN:

0896599213
9780896599215

Subject:

Toy industry United States History.
Toys Collectors and collecting United States.
Toys.
Jouets Industrie États-Unis Histoire.
Jouets Collectionneurs et collections États-Unis.
Toy industry
Toys Collectors and collecting
United States

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main toy reference 57262
Call No.: HD9993.T693 U6 1990
Status: Available

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