Toys Collection (#28)

French Girls Scooter
A small girl takes her scooter to the Bois de Boulogne, where maman meets a friend : while they chat, the girl goes scooting on her own

Teddy on the Bed
A lovely old Edwardian teddy bear takes pride of place on a little boys brass bed

Girls and Dolls
A little black girl and a little white girl playing with dolls and a teddy together, dressing them up in various outfits

Dear, Dear, Dear! by G. E. Studdy
Early illustration by G. E. Studdy during World War I, showing a soldier (standing) speaking to a older lady on a London bus or tube train

Children / Holly & Toys
Two boys and two girls with holly and umbrellas: one girl carries a doll, a boy pulls a toy train

Customs / Christmas / Tree
Two girls sit in front of a Christmas tree with their dolls

Cheesy Girl
In the Gruyere Valley, Switzerland, children often use rounds of cheese as toys. Our picture shows one little girl playing with two particularly large rounds!

The Poop Deck of a P. &O. Liner, Red Sea, 1872
Engraving of the scene on the Poop deck of a P.&O. Steamer, as it crosses the Red Sea, on the voyage to China. Deck games

Boy in High Chair C1880
A little boy in a high chair is vexed to find that he cannot reach his toys

Lost Property Office 2 / 2
An employee of the New Scotland Yard Lost Property Office examines a childs toy wooden horse amid the myriad abandoned and forgotten items, from suitcases to a pair of antlers

Making a Toy Horse
A girl making toy wooden horses on wheels in a British factory

Santa on the Front Line
Father Christmas Somewhere in France. " Hang it all - its quite annoying enough to have to get down this blinking chimney without being mistaken for a German spy!"

Toys on Christmas Card
Toys on the front of a Christmas postcard

Toys on Xmas Card 1916
Various toys ride together in a carriage at Christmas; its cheaper that way

Putting Feathers on Toys
Factory workers put feathers on toys

Making Toy Theatres 1890
Female workers make toy theatres

Painting Lead Soldiers
Painting lead soldiers in a toy factory

Packing Toys 1890
Female workers pack toys in a factory

Girl, Puppy, Rocking Horse
A little girl in riding gear on her toy horse: a puppy shares a bucket of bran with the horse!

Boys on See-Saw / C19Th
Two boys fashion a see-saw from a plank of wood and a fence

Children Playing Ball
Group of boys on each others shoulders, stand in a circle and play catch

Making Furry Animals
Furry animal toys are made in a factory

1930S Toy Plane & Boy
For his birthday, a boy receives a model plane to play with

Doll in the Snow
Three birds don t know what to make of this doll which is lying in the snow, abandoned or mislaid by its owner

BOYS / TOYS 1880S
Two brothers with their toys; a wooden horse and fishing rod

Hanging Clothes on Line
A little girl hangs out clothes belonging to her dolls to dry on a washing line

Boys & Toy Plane
Two young boys, brothers, wearing stripy pyjamas, perhaps on Christmas morning, excitedly put batteries into their new model (Boeing 727) aeroplane

Children race down the street with kites on a windy day, in Horley, Surrey

Girl on a spacehopper 3 of 4
A care-free girl bounces along on her spacehopper, quite clearly having lots of fun. (Picture 3 of 4)

Kids on a Spacehopper
A young boy and his friend enjoy a fun afternoon bouncing about on the classic toy of the seventies, the spacehopper

Girl on a spacehopper 2 of 4
A girl bounces high into the air on her spacehopper, one of the classic new toys of the 1970s. (Picture 2 of 4)

Girl on a spacehopper 1of 4
A young girl bounds along in classic bouncing fashion on her splendid spacehopper. (Picture 1 of 4)

Children on a Slide
Two boys and a girl enjoy playing on a slide in a playground

Penny Toys / Thomas Crane
A man offers a selection of penny toys

Girl and Doll in Hammock
A small American girl cuddles her doll in a hammock in the garden

Girl and Dancing Doll
Girl with a dancing doll

DOLLs HAIR CUT C1880
A little boy cuts his sisters dolls hair for her, probably without her agreement

Dolls House Cleaning 20C
A girl cleans her dolls house, a boy paints the roof red, and their dog watches

Prospective Customers
Two girls - one rich, the other poor - admire a display of dolls outside a shop, offered at the bargain price of eleven pence and three farthings

Kissing a Doll
A girl allows another to kiss her doll

Dollmaker Dressing
Dressing the dolls in a French doll-making establishment

Girl Plaits Dolls Hair
A girl, who wears her own hair in plaits, dresses her dolls hair in the same fashion

Sisters Sleep with Dolls
Two sisters prepare for bed - and of course their dolls come to bed with them

Washing Sisters Doll
A boy washes his sisters doll

2 Kids on Rocking Horse
Two children dash away on their rocking horse

Medieval Soldier Toy
Two boys play a game in which toy warriors are manipulated by strings

Making Toys at Factory
In a London factory, two women workers attend to the last minute orders for Christmas; here a stack of toy locomotive engines await dispatch

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