134 results for: Toys
Doll, "Byzantium 500 A.D." from a set of fashion dolls made by Ada Odenrider, 1985-1986
Ada Odenrider (1896-1993) was a famous doll artist in the Seattle-Tacoma area. She painstakingly hand-made many decorative dolls including this set featuring costumes dating from 1350 BCE Egypt to 1350 CE England. The bodies are hand-painted and hand-made porcelain and the garments feature a wide range of textiles. Odenrider helped found the Seattle Doll & Toy Collectors Club and her…
ID Number:1986.13.5
Date:1985-1986
Doll, "Byzantium 900 to 1100 A.D." from a set of fashion dolls made by Ada Odenrider, 1985-1986
Ada Odenrider (1896-1993) was a famous doll artist in the Seattle-Tacoma area. She painstakingly hand-made many decorative dolls including this set featuring costumes dating from 1350 BCE Egypt to 1350 CE England. The bodies are hand-painted and hand-made porcelain and the garments feature a wide range of textiles. Odenrider helped found the Seattle Doll & Toy Collectors Club and her…
ID Number:1986.13.6
Date:1985-1986
Doll, "England 1300 A.D." from a set of fashion dolls made by Ada Odenrider, 1985-1986
Ada Odenrider (1896-1993) was a famous doll artist in the Seattle-Tacoma area. She painstakingly hand-made many decorative dolls including this set featuring costumes dating from 1350 BCE Egypt to 1350 CE England. The bodies are hand-painted and hand-made porcelain and the garments feature a wide range of textiles. Odenrider helped found the Seattle Doll & Toy Collectors Club and her…
ID Number:1986.13.7
Date:1985-1986
Doll, "England 1350 A.D." from a set of fashion dolls made by Ada Odenrider, 1985-1986
Ada Odenrider (1896-1993) was a famous doll artist in the Seattle-Tacoma area. She painstakingly hand-made many decorative dolls including this set featuring costumes dating from 1350 BCE Egypt to 1350 CE England. The bodies are hand-painted and hand-made porcelain and the garments feature a wide range of textiles. Odenrider helped found the Seattle Doll & Toy Collectors Club and her…
ID Number:1986.13.8
Date:1985-1986
Pull toy, "Slinky Dog," 1960s
Seattleite Helen Herrick Malsed (1910-1998) designed this classic Slinky Dog toy. Malsed invented toys and games in her basement workshop and had her kids help as testers. This toy was one of more than 26 inventions that she created and sold to various toy companies around the country. "Slinky Dog" was manufactured by James Industries, Inc., Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
ID Number:1991.27.1
Date:Circa 1960
Pull toy, "Slinky Train," 1960s
This Slinky Train was designed by local resident Helen Malsed, who designed the original line of similar slinky toys including the Slinky Dog.
ID Number:1991.27.2
Date:Circa 1960
Toy bank in the shape of a Victorian house, 1880s
This vintage bank belonged to Captain Everett B. Coffin. Originally from Massachusetts, Coffin arrived in the Pacific Northwest in 1886 and he became one of the most experienced steamboats captains of Puget Sound, mastering both the S.S. Flyer and the S.S. Tacoma.
ID Number:1991.38.1
Date:Circa 1880
Hand puppet "Crazy Donkey" from the "Brakeman Bill Show," ca. 1960-1980
Brakeman Bill, featuring ex-DJ and sports announcer Bill McLain, was a popular weekday children's show on KTNT-TV (later KSTW-TV) in the Pacific Northwest market from 1955 to 1975. The television show was performed live and un-scripted; McLain dressed as a railroad brakeman, and drew pictures, ran elaborate model trains, showed cartoons, and interacted with puppet side-kick the Crazy Donkey, whose…
ID Number:1992.CrazyDonkey
Date:Circa 1960-1980
Four-way "Superchess" board game, 1992
This game was developed by Rolf W. Jacobson, of Ballard, Washington, and manufactured by Green Island Games Co. in Seattle, Washington. Introduced to the public at the Fremont Market in the fall of 1992.
ID Number:1993.18
Date:1992
Wooden nutcracker soldier from Frederick & Nelson, ca. 1980s
Frederick & Nelson, founded by Donald E. Frederick (1860-1937) and Nels B. Nelson (1854-1907) in 1891, was for many years Seattle's premier department store. They began by selling used furniture during the rebuilding of Seattle after the Great Fire of 1889, and expanded to include home delivery of goods, a tea room, and ready-to-wear men's and women's fashions. The holidays…
ID Number:1993.43.77
Date:Circa 1980