TOY AND GAME TIMELINE

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Very Old Games

Jacks or Knuckle bones, Marbles, Kaleidoscopes, Spinning Tops, Backgammon, Checkers or Draughts, Pick-up Sticks, Toy Soldiers, Toy Animals

1600s

Hopscotch, Jump Rope, Cribbage, Dominoes

1700s

Checkers, Jigsaw Puzzles

1800s

Crayons, Noah's Ark, Doll Houses, Toy Trains, Wood and Porcelain Dolls

1900s

Teddy Bears, Baby Dolls

1910s

Raggedy Ann, Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Erector Sets

1920s

Yo-yos, Mahjong, AC Gilbert Chemistry Sets, Joy Buzzers, Tootsie Toy Cars & Trucks

1930s

Fingerpaint, Sock Monkey, Babar, Beach Ball, Red Ryder BB Gun, Plastic Toy Soldiers, ViewMaster, Monopoly, Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol, Betsy Wetsy Dolls, Scrabble

1940s

Bubble solution, Slinky, Magic 8 Ball, Legos, Clue, Candy Land

1950s

Water balloons, Silly Putty, Colorforms, Mr. Potato Head, Matchbox Cars, Gumby, Tonka Trucks, Hula Hoops, Pogo Sticks, Risk, Play Doh, Fisher Price Little People


 

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