Dream Houses, Toy Homes
Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
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Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
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Ideas of living
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Toys Shape Minds no. 3
Bumpalow Cottage, Bumpalow Home, Bumpalow Town, toys, games, Dream Houses, Toy Homes, Milton Bradley Company, Hasbro
16 April 2016
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Ideas of living
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
[Montréal] : Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, ©1995.
Maisons de rêve, maisons jouets = Dream houses, toy homes.
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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[Montréal] : Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, ©1995.
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8 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller
Maisons de rêve, maisons jouets = Dream houses, toy homes : exhibition products, 1995.
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8 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller
archives
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2 audio discs (96 min., 21 sec.) ; 12 cm consultation copy, 1 audiocassette (DAT) ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape. master
[1995]
Architecture, childhood and gender.
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2 audio discs (96 min., 21 sec.) ; 12 cm consultation copy, 1 audiocassette (DAT) ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape. master
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[1995]
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Ralite-Stone blocks.
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1 set of building blocks : plaster, color ; in box 24 x 29 x 5 cm + 2 design sheets
©1919 (Worcester, Mass. : Ralo Toy Co.)
Ralite-Stone blocks.
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1 set of building blocks : plaster, color ; in box 24 x 29 x 5 cm + 2 design sheets
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©1919 (Worcester, Mass. : Ralo Toy Co.)
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Modern Morecraft.
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1 construction set : metal, some color ; various sizes in cardboard box 21 x 31 x 7 cm + 1 instruction booklet ([18] pages : illustrations ; 15 x 23 cm)
©1937 (Branford Conn. : Skipper Toy Co.)
Modern Morecraft.
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1 construction set : metal, some color ; various sizes in cardboard box 21 x 31 x 7 cm + 1 instruction booklet ([18] pages : illustrations ; 15 x 23 cm)
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©1937 (Branford Conn. : Skipper Toy Co.)
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Gilt edge building blocks.
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1 set of building blocks : wood ; various sizes in wooden box 33 x 23 x 8 cm
[approximately 1875] ([Leominster, Mass. : Whitney Reed])
Gilt edge building blocks.
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1 set of building blocks : wood ; various sizes in wooden box 33 x 23 x 8 cm
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[approximately 1875] ([Leominster, Mass. : Whitney Reed])