toystore
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Christmas toy-seller (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded December 2011
[Boy looking at store window display of toys] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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[Boy looking at store window display of toys] (LOC)
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Christmas toy-seller (LOC)
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mdesive said:
I'm curious about the Eiffel Tower in the window. Would it have been a model for a child to build, or something else? Anyone know?
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skillful north said:
I bet it was to show what you could build with an Erector set. My brothers had one in the '50's. sort of the first version of leggos I suppose!
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Ali.Aref said:
I wish I had one just like it
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mdesive said:
An Erector set hadn't even crossed my mind, but that makes sense. Thanks!
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swanq said:
Gilbert patented the Erector Set in 1913. Meccano had been patented by Hornby in England in 1901.