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Man-made plastics began to be used in the production of toys quite soon after they emerged in the nineteenth century.

Both new immigrants from Russia, Rose and Morris met in New York in 1889 and were married that same year. By 1907, they had started a nationwide craze for a little handmade stuffed bear they put in their shop window...

From the 18th to the 20th centuries came a proliferation in sewing notions that were not only useful, but also highly decorative - and often quite amusing.

While they started out manufacturing fenders and ammunition boxes for the Canadian Military during WWII, Lincoln Specialties would later become the producers of pressed steel trucks cherished by Canadian children of the 1950s and collectors of today.

Coca-Cola, Pepsi, 7-Up… These fizzy beverages have become iconic symbols of American culture – not only through their own real or perceived merits, but through decades of strategic advertising and […]

While dollhouses may seem like timeless childhood playthings, this hasn’t always been the case – when they first emerged in the 17th century, they weren’t designed for children or playing! […]

The E. Rosen Company (a.k.a. “Schoolhouse Candy Company”, as it came to be called) was founded in 1912 by seventeen-year-old  Rhode Islander Samuel Rosen, with the $1600 his parents had painstakingly saved to send him to university