Posted on 28 July 2010. Tags: 1942 Toys, Consumer Goods and Services, department of labor, fisher price toys, giant toy, manufacturing effort, own toys, precious materials, rest of the world, rubber plastics, similar pull toys, synthetic plastics, toy company, toy industry, toy production, Toys and Games, Toys in Wartime, u s department, U.S. Department of Labor, United States, war efforts, World War II
1942 was not the best of years for the United States, or the rest of the world. World War II had already been waging on for two whole years, and the U.S. was becoming more involved as the days went on. As a result, most of the manufacturing effort in the United States started switching over to producing goods for the War, taking away precious materials for toy production like rubber, plastics, and steel.
In fact, the lack of toy production was becoming such a big issue for the children that in 1942 the U.S. Department of Labor produced a publication titled, “Toys in Wartime”, which gave helpful advice to parents on making their own toys for their children, or even how to get the children to start making the toys. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 June 2010. Tags: 100 years, 1880s toys, 1887 toys, 19th century, 20th century, Consumer Goods and Services, glass marbles, Hospitality Recreation, jacks, Marbles, new technology, Roller derby, Roller Skates, Roller skating, simple game, Technology Internet, toy brands, toy makers, toys 1887, United States
In the 1800’s there were really no toy “brands”. There were toy makers, but toys were still being crafted by small toymakers across the U.S. and Europe. The games that children were playing were much simpler, and the toys they carried were often small enough to fit in a pocket. Read the full story
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