Item Reference: 001673
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Suzy’s Hairdressing Salon set for dolls, battery operated; made in Hong Kong.
Date: c. 1960s
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D16_001673 Suzy’s Hair Salon Doll Set
Tag: 1960-1970
D13_001669 ‘Stanley Steamer’ Model Car
Item Reference: 001669
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Old-timers Stanley Streamer plastic assembly kit, no. 573, by Aurora, detailed museum model with plated parts, 1:16 scale, original assembly instructions included; made in USA; acquired for 1.98 USD.
Date: 1961
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D13_001634 Cash Register Toy
Item Reference: 001634
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Plastic, brown cash register toy, a Luxury Casdon Toy product; features a push button and display tabs in pre-decimal money with fake coins; made in England.
Date: c. 1960s
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D13_001619 Golden Hind Model Kit
Item Reference: 001619
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: The Golden Hind plastic model kit, titled “Flagship of Sir Francis Drake”, 1:96 scale; a Revell Authentic kit product; in original packaging with all its contents, and assembly instructions; made in England.
Date: 1965
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D10_001618 Donkey Puzzle Card Trick
Item Reference: 001618
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Ephemera
Description: Gifted conjuring trick of a donkey puzzle, depicts two donkeys and two clowns, found in Shredded Wheat cereal from the late 50s to the early 60s.
Date: c. late 1950s – early 1960s
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Links: Explanation of the trick.
D10_001611 Monsters to Cavemen Transfer Picture Book
Item Reference: 001611
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Book
Description: “Monsters to Caveman” instant picture book with action transfers, published by Patterson Blick, no. 1 of its first series, written and illustrated by Dennis Knight, transfers by Letraset Lmt.
Date: 1967
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Links: Complete scan of the book.
D10_001591 Bird Designs Stencils
Item Reference: 001591
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Reeves’ stencils packet no. 21, four bird designs, manufactured by Reeves and Sons Ltd, made in England.
Date: c. 1960s
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D10_001579 Model Dog
Item Reference: 001579
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Flocked bobble-head dog made for car parcel shelf, brown with yellow eyes, in lying-down position, well-loved.
Date: c. 1960s
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D10_001572 Two Toy Cannons
Item Reference: 001572
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Two miniature cannons, made from wood and cast iron.
Date: c. 1960s
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D10_001570 Two Teddy Bears
Item Reference: 001570
Category: Two Toy Bears
Format: Artefact
Description: Two well-loved teddy bears; the larger one with amber safety eyes, plastic nose, and pink stitched mouth; the smaller one with brown safety eyes, plastic nose, and black stitched mouth.
Date: c. 1960s
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