The Web's
Best Resource
for
Old Toys
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For this site, an old toy is any push, pull, crib, or stand up children's toy made prior to 1965. Most of the toys featured here were made between 1890 and 1935. We are now getting over 24,000 visitors a month. An average visitor spends over 9 minutes here. Thanks to our readers. Let us know what interests you.
This page last updated: Saturday, July 24, 2010 |
Here
you will find toy photos,
toy company histories,
and online Old Toy Shops
where you can buy great old toys. New information is being added daily. Now we have over
400 pages of toy articles with
more than 6,000 photos.
Most of these articles were written by toy researchers, toy collectors, and family members of
the old toy companies. We now have the largest collection of Schoenhut
circus photographs on the Web - and the best
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Photographic Services We can photograph your antique toy or doll collection for insurance or any other reasons. Professional quality. Click here for details. |
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The Humpty Dumpty Circus |
Join the Schoenhut
Collector's Club.
Whether you collect Schoenhut wooden toys, dolls, rolly dollys, or the
Humpty Dumpty circus, you'll want to join the Schoenhut Collector's
Club and meet other collectors with similar interests.
The annual convention this year will be in Bird-In-Hand, Lancaster County, PA, Oct 1-2, 2010. |
| Use of Photographs The photographs in this Web site are protected under domestic and international Copyright laws. We often and generously grant permission for noncommercial use of our own photos. However, many of the photographs herein are not the property of the Web site but are being used with the permission of the owner. Please contact Jim at jlsneed2@bellsouth.net concerning any photographs for both commercial and noncommercial uses. |
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| New Toy ID Guides | We have captured Richard Mueller's guides to Bliss, Fulton, Wyandotte, Trixy Toys, Chad Valley, Rich, Fisher Price, and other toy companies. | ||||
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Pre-1960 Era Toys and Modern toys: Then and Now? Read this article from Tony Turner comparing today's toys with early one. | ||||
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Wright
Dayton Seaplane Dave Pecota has discovered a remarkable early glider. Read about it here. |
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Christian
Hacker Swantje Köhler has written a nice article with great pictures of the early German toy maker Christian Hacker. Read Swantje's article here. |
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George
Barlow III Miniature Circus We are restoring a miniature circus made by George H. Barlow III of Binghamton, NY in the late 1920s. Read about Mr. Barlow and his fabulous circuses here. |
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Anne
Smith's Antique Toy Museum We have discovered a great antique toy museum in Baltimore, Maryland. It is operated by long-time antique collector Anne Smith. Click here to see photos from her museum and for the museum's address and hours of operation. |
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Schoenhut's Humpty-Dumpty Circus and the Great American Circus We have updated this very popular article comparing the Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty circus with the early great American circuses. Click here |
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Circus Toys
We are preparing a new article on old circus
toys by Bliss, Crandall, Hubley and others. |
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The
Schoenhut Clown, A Closer Look
Fred Keller, author of "Schoenhut's Humpty Dumpty Circus from A to Z", has allowed us to publish his 1998 article on the Schoenhut clowns. If you collect these clowns, you've got to read this. Click here. |
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Visits
We have just returned from visits to the Seneca Falls Historical Society and the Strong National Museum of Play where we photographed their old toy collections. Museum visits |
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Collecting
Scarey Anns We have compiled a very comprehensive list of Scarey Anns. These California novelty dolls were made in the 1920s. See them here. |
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Histories We have histories for over 50 early wooden toy makers. Click here for a list. |
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Wilson
Walkies Mary Grishaver has a very nice publication available on the popular Wilson Walkies (ramp walkers). For more information click here. |
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Ready to Fly
Gliders Dave Pecota has written a fascinating article on Ready-to-Fly wooden gliders from 1915 to the 1950s. Dave has recently added some new information to his article. This is our most popular article. Read it here. Wood
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Noah's
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S. A. Smith Co. Family descendent Sanford A. Smith has written for us a new history of the famous American toy maker S. A. Smith. He has many photos of the old factories, catalog pages of their toys, and photos of toys and other items from his collection. Read his history here. |
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| Collectors
and Authors
wanted!! We are looking for other collectors who would like to participate in this Web site. We need photos, price lists, and articles on toy companies from before 1950. Click here for details. |
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Contact Us
* Please contact us anytime
as we are always interested your comments and questions. We will need an e-mail photo of your toy if you want
some information about it.
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