boys and their toys
It was back in the beginning of the 1900’s with mass production that toys became even more sex stereotyped as boys' toys increasingly idealized technology, constant innovation, and the values of co
The documentation of the documentation of the Liddle Car
Documentation of the Documentation of the Liddle Car.
Lead in the Roman atmosphere
Scientists found in Greenland ice cores a peak in lead in the atmosphere in Roman times which they think was due to Roman industrial activity.
The U.S./U.K. Special Relationship
The toy car is an American model, made in the U.K. British culture has imported from American culture in a number of instances, but not all.
Things we HAVE imported from the U.S.
Studying in the 60's
Louise and Kay Lieber told me about studying Art History and archaeology at the City Lit in the 1960's.
Ancient Egytian Toys
Valerie Wilson, a former student from UCL MA Egyptian Archaeology course popped on the bus.
Sister Hazel Bigg on Lead Poisoning and Great Ormond Street Hospital
Hazel Bigg was passing the bus and was curious about what was going on. It just so happened that she was a nurse (and later a ward Sister) at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Lesney in Hackney
Toy cars were manufactured nearby in Hackney at the Lesney factory, I used to work with a particular bus conductor, on a Number 6 route sometimes, he was formerly a toolmaker at the Lesney factory.
Hey Toots- you wanna play?
I am interested in the car being a ‘Tootsie toy’; named after the daughter of the founder already giving it a feminine origin. ‘Tootsie’ is American slang for a girl or a young woman.
1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition
The World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, was the last and the greatest of the nineteenth century's World's Fairs.