This jaunty horse-drawn carriage was presented to a little girl in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. When wound with a key, a clockwork mechanism inside the toy turns the back wheels and sends the carriage on its way. The Connecticut manufacturer, George W. Brown & Co., was famous for producing a variety of windup tin toys during the mid-1800s.
The Flintstones, a cartoon series that ran between 1960 and 1966, poked fun at contemporary social relations by projecting them back into a fictitious stone age.
In 1959, the Mattel toy company introduced Barbie. Unlike most dolls at the time, Barbie was a grown-up-a "teenage fashion model" who could date, drive, and wear fabulous clothes.
While often criticized for her unrealistic physical proportions and for promoting gender stereotypes, Barbie has also evolved with the times. Since the 1980s she has taken on many new careers, from police officer to paleontologist. She even ran for president.
Black and white print of a black man and woman who carry burlap bags of trash? lean across a trash barrel to kiss. Their clothes are in tatters. Two little boys observe from a doorway. This is one of over 100 in a series of comic parodies of popular songs.
Black and white print on blue paper of two views related to the California mine fields. The upper view depicts the arrival of a train greeted by a group of men and women including an Indian women with a papoose and a small child. The lower view depicts a parlor scene of a family gathered around a circular table.
A black and white print of a mule with a sack of “Oats for Cameron” on its back and drinking from a pond. A boy sits on a log and eats while his dog looks on and begs.
Black and white print of a large wood-frame country house with a smaller house next to it. A picket fence runs from the front of the large house to the side of the smaller one. Children play in the road in front,one with a hoop and two with jump ropes.
Black and white print depicting a panoramic view of Mount Vernon with outbuildings on each side. The river is visible in the distance on the left. People picnic and stroll on the lawn in the foreground.
Spun cylindrical child's cup with wide, low-relief band applied at midbody depicting a parade of children playing instruments in a forest. Engraved "Arthur Wallace Dunn Jr. / From, J.B.M." in script above and below the band on front, opposite an ear-shaped "caterpillar" handle. Applied molded rim and flared foot ring. Gold washed interior. Rounded bottom struck with a full set of incuse marks on underside for "TIFFANY & C\o" above date letter "M" between pattern and order numbers "5470" and "1902", and "STERLING"; additional numbers scratched next to maker's name.
Color print of a raging river filled with buildings, debris and people crashing into a bridge. Many of the buildings are on fire. Men on banks of the river attempt to pull people from the buildings and the water.
Black and white print with blue tint of the business district of a city (Oshkosh). The view is of a central street leading to the river front. Multi-story buildings line the street, many of them have awnings, shop windows and signs. Wagons, carriages and carts fill the street and pedestrians walk on wooden sidewalks.