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Category: Posts by Michelle Parnett-Dwyer

  • Business

Madame Alexander: Feminism in the Doll Industry

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

Born in 1895, Bertha (Beatrice) Alexander Behrman grew up living above her stepfather’s doll hospital…

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  • Cars

Revved Up and Ready to Roll: Manual-Powered Ride-On Toys

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 11, 2021

Ride-on toys, or kiddie cars, first appeared on the paved sidewalks and driveways of America…

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  • Business

Charles Harrison: The Black Industrial Designer Who Revamped View-Master

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 10, 2021

Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931, Charles Harrison spent his childhood playing with model airplanes…

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Baby Nancy Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 12, 2020December 22, 2020

It all began following the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles, California. Louis S. Smith,…

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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

Skater Girls: A Brief History on Female of Skateboarders

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on September 10, 2020September 10, 2020

In 1959, Roller Derby Skate Company released its Roller Derby Skateboard, the first mass-produced skateboard…

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  • Culture and Society

Fabrics and Findings

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on June 26, 2020June 25, 2020

Today, with the plethora of home improvement shows and lifestyle blogs, many of us want…

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  • Play

Life in Plastic: It’s Not Just Barbie

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 15, 2020May 26, 2020

Like many Americans, I have been home with my children 24/7 for nearly six weeks.…

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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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  • Art

Activity Sets: Playing with Glass, Foil, Plastic, and Goop

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 3, 2020June 4, 2020

Spending most of my time at home with my young children has revealed that I’m…

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  • Art

Collection of Street Photographer Martha Cooper

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on February 28, 2020

The Strong recently acquired the photographica collection of world-renowned photojournalist Martha Cooper. Kodakgirl, the nickname…

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  • Culture and Society

Outlook Good: Magic 8 Ball Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on November 8, 2018

Our lives are complicated and expectations for the future lie between idle longing and fervent…

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  • Culture and Society

Learn, Baby, Learn: Shindana Toys

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on February 1, 2018

The history of black dolls is complicated. Post-Civil War minstrel shows often influenced the black…

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  • Games

Wiffle Ball Joins the National Toy Hall of Fame Line-up

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on November 28, 2017

On November 9, 2017, Wiffle Ball took its place of honor in the National Toy…

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