Toys from the Victorian age are featured in the “Playtimes Past” exhibit at the Sigal Museum in Easton. The exhibit features more than 50 toys, games, photos of children playing and artifacts ...

Hundreds of thousands of infants faced death each year between 1880 and 1890 because of lead, a hidden killer. The poisonous lead was found in their toys, which at the time were extremely popular ...

Unlike most toys, particularly those marketed ... They also, despite tenacious Victorian mores prescribing that children be neither seen nor heard, want to move. Historically speaking, humans ...

A mansion seemingly abandoned by its owners was found filled with creepy toys and a Ouija board used for talking to the dead. Records show the two-story Queen Anne Victorian home was in the hands ...

BAY CITY, MI -- Lovers of all things vintage are invited to the annual holiday tour of Linda Zuraw's 1898-built Victorian ... 548 million toys and supported 251 million children.

This Pollock’s Toy Theatre is a genuine Victorian theatre complete with ... for full instructions This activity uses sharp tools. Children should be supervised. This Toy Theatre kit is an ...

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Kids can visit the bubble pool and create bubbles with giant wands, play with Victorian-era toys or make a Victorian-style hat, and stop by Aunt Emilie's Drawers to dress up in vintage hats ...

Considering the volume of advertising of all kinds of products designed for and marketed directly to children – everything from toys, to cereals ... too. And the Victorians had some interesting ...