Interesting Bits of Toy History

Girl with Doves and Battledore

The First Toy. Year. The beginning of Man.
- The Brueghel Painting. Year 1560.
  - A bit about the Life of Toy Makers Year. The Beautiful Ugly Past!
- The Silliman Etching. Year 1665. (Caution - large file)
If it Walks and Quacks like a Duck... Then is it a Duck? - The Movable Toys
- An Aunt Sally Party. Approximate Year 1850. (Large File. Use Caution if you are on dial up. This may be slow for you to load.)
  - 19th Century Beach Party. Approximate Year 1850. (Caution large file. Slow loading for dial up.)
    - Child labor in the making of toys. Year. The 100 years before WW1.
  - Early 20th Century. Prosperity begins to show. Year 1913. (Medium size file.)
- video describing the making of a toy theater. This video is a superb video that anyone involved with museums or education should see.
A Video on Historic Wooden Toys that everyone should see. This video is only available for those on high speed web.
- Click the following link for an interview that Dr Toy did with Gary Doyle Show on 570 AM radio in Canada about Classic Toys.: DrToy_Gary_Interview.mp3 N.B. This interview is available here with kind permission of 570 AM Radio, and of Dr Toy. Reproduction may not be done in any form whatsoever! The material is copyright.
Our Historic Gallery. Historic Photos and etchings that you might enjoy. Caution Large File. This will low slowly on slow speed servers.