Wednesday, November 17, 2010

the toy guidance council

it started with this feature I found in a recently thrifted 1956 xmas magazine:





so many great toys - and those prices! but at the same time I was curious about this "toy guidance council" who supposedly tested & approved them all...so I did a quick search online & found these great photographs:







seems those folks really took their jobs testing very seriously :)

sources: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6
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6 comments:

  1. JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)November 17, 2010 at 10:53 AM

    What fun - I remember buying many of those toys for our kids - long long ago.

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  2. fillyjonkNovember 17, 2010 at 11:53 AM

    *Sigh* I may have missed my calling in life.

    I love the photo of the mature man in a suit sitting astride a bouncy horse.

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  3. Alli (One Pearl Button)November 17, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    Oh wow, what an awesome photo collection! So happy. :)

    Also, one of the antique stores in my hometown has had that toy service station (in the first pic) for months. I always walk by and want to play with it.

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  4. CassNovember 17, 2010 at 6:17 PM

    Great photos. I had one of those blow up clowns when I was little

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  5. Kitten's Lost Her MittensNovember 18, 2010 at 11:59 AM

    Wow, thanks for digging these photos up! They are wonderful.

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  6. next door LauraNovember 20, 2010 at 8:51 AM

    Totally delightful!

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