Tour: Toys from the Index of American Design

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American toys were originally made in the home, but by 1750, artisans who specialized in making toys were established in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and other cities. From the 1830s onward, commercial mass production of toys was a flourishing industry in the United States.

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1	Mina Lowry, Rocking Horse, c. 1940
2	Mina Lowry, Rocking Horse, c. 1941
3	Mina Lowry, Toy Horse, c. 1937
4	Michael Fallon, Toy Streetcar, c. 1942
5	Frank Budash, Dachshund, 1935/1942
6	Betty Jean Davis, Handcarved Toy, c. 1939
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7	Ben Lassen, Noah's Ark and Animals, 1935/1942
8	Eugene Bartz, Miniature Oxcart, c. 1939
9	Alice Stearns, Toy Locomotive, c. 1936
10	Frances Lichten, Toy Warship, 1935/1942
11	William Pollman, Model of a Side-Wheeler, 1935/1942
12	Charles Henning, Toy Locomotive, c. 1940
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13	Henry Granet, Toy Milk Wagon, c. 1937
14	Charles Henning, Toy Fire Engine, c. 1942
15	Philip Johnson and Mildred Ford, Toy Kitchen, 1935/1942
16	Isidore Danziger, Mechanical Toy, c. 1937
17	Stanley Chin, Toy Bell Cart, c. 1941
18	Mina Lowry, Man with Cello, 1935/1942
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19	Frank McEntee, Squeak Toy Kitten, c. 1938
20	Pearl Torell, Toy Bank: "Teddy and the Bear", 1935/1942
21	William O. Fletcher, Toy Bank: Frog, c. 1938
22	Edward Strzalkowski, Puppet: "Punch", c. 1937
23	Hilda Olson, Puppet: Bull, c. 1940
24	Eugene Croe, Doll Buggy, c. 1937
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25	Beverly Chichester, Doll Sleigh, c. 1937
26	Wayne White, Sled, c. 1940