http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/06/the-joys-of-toys-on-display-at-american-history/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/06/the-joys-of-toys-on-display-at-american-history/comment-page-1/#comment-3830 Ruth Darling Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:41:41 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=12475#comment-3830 I am 86 years old, so of course my toys were dolls and everything that went with them. One was named Miriam, after my closest girlfriend. I still have a complete set of small dishes, white with gold band that my father gave me. At about 8 years old, my mother introduced me to the sewing machine, where I have been since! It's my big-girl toy. I do remember a wooden rocking duck or goose I used to sit in and rock like mad. And my little rocking chair I got for Christmas when I was about 2 or 3 years old is right on front of me now. Don't know why, but as a child I always wanted an erector set! Those were boys' toys!! Maybe that's why I like to watch "How It's Made" and other like shows now on TV. I am 86 years old, so of course my toys were dolls and everything that went with them. One was named Miriam, after my closest girlfriend. I still have a complete set of small dishes, white with gold band that my father gave me. At about 8 years old, my mother introduced me to the sewing machine, where I have been since! It’s my big-girl toy. I do remember a wooden rocking duck or goose I used to sit in and rock like mad. And my little rocking chair I got for Christmas when I was about 2 or 3 years old is right on front of me now. Don’t know why, but as a child I always wanted an erector set! Those were boys’ toys!! Maybe that’s why I like to watch “How It’s Made” and other like shows now on TV.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/06/the-joys-of-toys-on-display-at-american-history/comment-page-1/#comment-3823 The Joys of Toys on Display at American History | Around The Mall | Toys & Game-Review Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:12:14 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=12475#comment-3823 [...] original here: The Joys of Toys on Display at American History | Around The Mall Published under Uncategorized | send this post Tags: barbie, captain, captain-action, [...] [...] original here: The Joys of Toys on Display at American History | Around The Mall Published under Uncategorized | send this post Tags: barbie, captain, captain-action, [...]

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