Download or read book Dictionary of Toys Sold in America written by Earnest A. Long and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Toys Sold in America written by Ida Long and published by . This book was released on 1987-06-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Toys Sold in America written by Earnest Long and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Toys Sold in America written by Ernest A. Long and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture written by Frank Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep the information you need on playthings and pop culture at your fingertips! The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture is an A-to-Z reference guide to the playthings that amused us as children and fascinate us as adults. This enlightening—and entertaining—resource, complete with cross-references, provides easy access to concise but detailed descriptions that place toys and board games in their social and cultural contexts. From action figures to yo-yos, the book is your tour guide through the museum of sought-after collectibles and forgotten treasures that mirror the fads and fashions that helped define pop culture in the United States. The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture is a historical, yet current, reflection of society’s ever-changing attitudes toward childhood and its cultural touchstones. The book is filled with physical descriptions of each entry, including size, color, and material composition, and the age group most often associated with the item. It also includes biographical sketches of inventors, manufacturers, and distributors— a virtual “Who’s Who” of the American toy industry, including Milton Bradley, Walt Disney, and Jim Henson. With a brief glimpse through its pages or a lengthy look from cover to cover, you’ll discover (or re-discover) real hero action figures, toys with commercial tie-ins, fast-food promotional giveaways, penny prize package toys, and advertising icons and characters in addition to beloved toys and board games like Etch-a-Sketch®, Lincoln Logs®, Colorforms®, Yahtzee®, and Burp Gun, the first toy advertised on nationwide television. The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture presents easy-to-access and easy-to-read descriptions of such toys as: Barbie®, bendies, and Beanie Babies® Monopoly®, Mr. Machine®, and Mr. Potato Head™ Pez®, Plah-Doh®, and Pound Puppies® Scrabble®, Silly Putty®, and Slinky® Tiddly Winks®, Tinker Toys®, and Twister™ and looks at the people behind the scenes of the biggest names in toys, including LEGO® (Ole Kirk Christiansen) Fisher-Price® (Homer G. Fisher) Mattel® (Ruth and Elliott Handler) Hasbro™ (Alan, Merrill, and Stephen Hassenfeld) Toys R Us® (Charles Lazarus) Parker Brothers® (Edward and George Parker) F.A.O. Schwartz (Frederick Schwartz) Kenner® (Albert Steiner) Tonka® (Russell L. Wenkstern) The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture also includes an index and a selected bibliography to meet your casual or professional research needs. Faster (and more entertaining) than searching through a vast assortment of Web sites for information, the book is a vital resource for librarians, toy collectors and appraisers, popular culture enthusiasts, and anyone with an interest in toys—past and present.
Download or read book Toys A to Z written by Mark Rich and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Fisher-Price get its start? And who was Milton Bradley, anyway? This dictionary lists and illustrates toys, games, and dolls, including the most obscure and offbeat, plus the TV shows, movies, and traditions that inspired them. More than 300 black and white photos and illustrations make this the reference antique dealers and toy collectors will turn to again and again.
Download or read book An American Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wonder of American Toys 1920 1950 written by Charles Dee Sharp and published by Collectors Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wonder of American Toys reflects not only the toys of perhaps the most formative era of American history, but what they meant to the children who played with them and to the society that produced them.
Download or read book Design and Sell Toys Games Crafts written by Filis Frederick and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of American Toys written by Richard O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evokes the wonder and nostalgia of toys in America with the story of the inventors, manufacturers, and marketers behind the toys.
Download or read book Applied and Decorative Arts written by Donald L. Ehresmann and published by Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work covers general works, ornament, folk art, arms and armour, ceramics, clocks and automata, costumes, enamels, furniture, glass, leather, metalwork, musical instruments, textiles, dolls and more. Essentially a new work rather than a revision, this annotated bibliography on the history of applied and decorative arts includes over 3000 descriptive entries on books written in western European languages. More than 1000 of these entries are new to the second edition, and approximately half are titles published since 1977. The remainder represent a significant expansion in breadth and depth of the bibliography, with the addition of nearly 500 titles of exhibition and museum catalogues and price guides.
Download or read book Customs Bulletin and Decisions written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Customs Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Future Dictionary of America written by Jonathan Safran Foer and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine what a dictionary might look like about thirty years hence, when all of the world's problems are solved and our current dictionaries are a distant memory. Dave Eggers, Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss have lined up an incredible array of writers to bring you that futuristic dictionary and a vision of the world as it might be. Think of it as a dictionary of language for describing what the future could look like a dictionary that is both useful and romantic, hopeful and necessary, pragmatic and idealistic, and frequently funny. This is science fiction but with a difference.
Download or read book Warman s Americana and Collectibles written by Edwin Warman and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Warman s Antiques and Their Prices written by Harry L. Rinker and published by Wallace-Homestead Book Company. This book was released on 1990-05 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long recognized as one of the most reliable references available, Warman's includes a comprehensive lising of more than 50,000 items, covering 500 categories of antiques and collectibles, with more than 350 designs of American pattern glass. More than 1,000 photographs aid in object identification. Handy and compact.
Download or read book Warman s Americana and Collectibles written by Edwin G. Warman and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
