Medium: PhysicalObject
Stuffed toy
Date: 1985
This plush eagle was made by Sandy Hoffman of Coldwater, Kansas in Comanche County. It was made to commemorate Coldwater High School’s football team wining the state championship in 1985.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Popeye bubble pipe
Date: 1936
This Popeye bubble set includes a pipe with a painted wooden bowl and hollow bamboo stem, a tin tub with Popeye’s profile to mix soap and water in, and soap…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy guitar
Date: between 1949 and 1960
This plastic guitar plays music when the crank on the side is turned. This method of playing music in children’s toys was developed by Elliot and Ruth Handler (the founders…
Medium: PhysicalObject
“Gunsmoke” lunchbox
Date: between 1955 and 1965
This tin lunchbox depicts multiple scenes from the television show “Gunsmoke” with Marshall Matt Dillon in Dodge City, Kansas. It was made in 1955 by Aladdin Industries, which began illustrating…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Star Wars stuffed toy
Date: between 1977 and 1980
“Chewbacca,” a character from the film Star Wars is wearing a bandolier across his right shoulder. Kenner Products obtained the rights to produce Star Wars action figures and play sets…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Mickey Mouse stuffed toy
Date: between 1976 and 1977
Made of synthetic fabric with the “Mickey Mouse Club” logo on the front of his shirt. Mickey Mouse was created by Walt Disney and debuted in a cartoon short in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Kermit the Frog stuffed toy
Date: between 1976 and 1978
Kermit has Velcro on the palms of his hands and feet and his original tag promoting “The Muppet Show.” He was made by Fisher Price Toys between 1976 and 1977.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy ray gun
Date: between 1955 and 1970
Toy pistol is made of tin with lithograph embellishments. Sparks are created when trigger is pulled. Hero in Japan made it between 1955 and 1970. Japan made many toy ray…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy telephone
Date: between 1935 and 1945
Painted red metallic body and handset with a black metal handset holder, and green cotton cord. It has dual silver bell ringers and a silver metal rotary dial with a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Snow White kitchen set
Date: between 1963 and 1973
The set consists of a metal and plastic refrigerator, stove, and freezer in their original box. The set was made between 1963 and 1973 by Wolverine Toys and used images…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Mechanical shooting gallery
Date: between 1936 and 1957
Tin wind up shooting gallery with lithographic printing. This duck shooting gallery is made of tin with a lithographic print. It was made by the All Metal Products Company, under…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Drinking glass
Date: between 1968 and 1972
A drinking glass depicting outer space items such as the earth and moon, space stations, satellites, astronauts, a rock and space shuttle. From the artistry and design of the space…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Robot mechanical toy
Date: between 1959 and 1971
Robot’s legs and arms move when turned on. The Horikawa Company in Japan made this robot between 1959 and 1971. Japan dominated the production of toy robots after World War…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Robot mechanical toy
Date: between 1959 and 1971
This “Rotate-o-Matic Super Astronaut” was made by the Horikawa Company in Japan between 1959 and 1971. Japan dominated the production of toy robots after World War II. The Horikawa Company,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Space ship mechanical toy
Date: between 1955 and 1971
The space ship is made of tin and plastic. The area inside the dome rotates independently of the rest of the spacecraft. It was made by Masudaya in Japan between…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Robot mechanical toy
Date: between 1960 and 1970
Known as the “Mechanical Mighty Robot” this toy has peddle style foot action when wound rolling it forward. It was made in Japan by Noguchi between 1960 and 1970. Japan…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy cowboy figure
Date: 1937
This hand cast hollow lead cowboy figure wields a flexible lasso of a cloth wrapped wire. It was made in 1937 by the Barclay Manufacturing Company which specialized in hollow…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Astro Captain mechanical toy
Date: between 1950 and 1970
The Astro Captain’s plastic arms and tin legs move when wind up key is wound. It is mostly made of tin and was made in Japan by DAIYA and imported…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy train
Date: between 1960 and 1970
Battery operated tin Santa Fe train locomotive. The wheels and detachable front grill are plastic. It was made between 1960 and 1970 by Masudaya in Japan, which used the MT…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Wes Santee Olympic patch
Date: 1952
Shield-shaped patch with a machine-embroidered gold border and Olympic rings. This coat patch was acquired by Wes Santee while competing in the 5000 meter run at the 1952 Olympics at…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Mechanical football game
Date: between 1920 and 1930
A mechanical football game produced in the 1920’s. The game is composed of a tin lithograph with a colorful football field scene and a stained wooden frame. The Frantz Company,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Mechanical baseball game
Date: between 1925 and 1930
A mechanical baseball game produced in the 1920’s. The game is composed of a metal lithograph scene of a baseball game on a stained wooden frame. In pencil a previous…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Child’s rain boots
Date: between 1977 and 1978
Pair of child’s red rain boots made of soft molded rubber/plastic with pebble tread and slight heal. They are molded tapered at top and fasten with two red plastic studs…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Freshman nurse’s cap
Date: between 1955 and 1959
This nurse’s cap of heavily starched linen belonged to Helen Marie Turner. Mrs. Turner graduated from the Newman School of Nursing, a partnership program between Newman Hospital and Emporia College,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Friends University beanie
Date: 1966
This 1966 college freshman beanie is from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. It is made of red and white wool with a silk screened “F” on the front.