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Category: Fads

Marvelous Menagerie, Boston Sunday Globe, 1895. The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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Extra, Extra: Read All About Newspapers and Play

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on October 29, 2020

For more than a century, the newspaper trade has had to determine creative ways to…

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  • Culture and Society

Pin the What?!

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on August 6, 2020

What sort of party games stick in your memory? No, not the ones from your…

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Toy Fair 2020: Things That Make You Go Eww

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 16, 2020May 30, 2020

In 2018, the toy industry saw a significant increase in toys related to potty humor.…

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  • Culture and Society

Sidewalk Surfing: The Gnarly History of Skateboarding Part III (1994 to 2019)

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on June 1, 2019

In Part I of my skateboarding blog series, I discussed how the first big wave…

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The Kaleidoscope; The First Novelty Item Craze

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 10, 2019

Kaleidoscope (n.) "Observer of beautiful forms." (Etymology Dictionary) … I had a Kaleidoscope as a…

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