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Christmas Toy Catalogs
‘Tis the season for shopping! Here are two toy catalogs from the mid-1960s. This was back in the day when mom and pop hardware stores sold toys and handed out catalogs. Perhaps the most sophisticated toy in 1965 was the Easy Bake Oven!
Here’s a 1966 Toy Catalog from a hardware store in southern New [...]
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Toy Collector Donald Kaufman (1930-2009)
Donald Kaufman, one of the foremost collectors of antique toy cars and trucks, died earlier this month. He was 79 years old.
His love of toys not only consumed his personal life, but his professional life as well. Mr. Kaufman was vice president of the KB Toys store chain. He retired from that job in [...]
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