Toys

Popular Sports and Toys for Boys

Holman's Spring and Summer Catalog, No. 38, 1926. Image depicts page 109, showing baseball and fishing equipment.

This is a page from Holman's Catalog showing baseball gear and their prices from the 1900's.

Boys in the early 1900's used to play sports when the chores were done. The boys loved to play sports, but their fathers made sure the chores were done before play.

Popular Dolls for Girls

Doll in display case

This is a popular toy doll from the early 1900's that I found at the Orwell Corner general store. It has a porcelain head and hands. It also has a white kidaline jointed doll body with kidaline arms. It has full movement at the knees and cloth feet. It is filled with sawdust and covered in cotton. The doll was made by Armand Marseille in 1895.

Baseball Gear

Holman's Spring and Summer Catalog, No. 38, 1926. Image depicts page 109, showing baseball and fishing equipment. In the 1900s, accessories like baseball gear were cheap and looked very different from today. The baseball gloves looked like work gloves, and the cleat spikes were made of metal and had to be attached to the bottom of your shoe.

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