Title & Author:

Lincoln logs. Set no. 1A / designed by John Lloyd Wright.

Publication:

[approximately 1923] (Chicago : John Lloyd Wright Inc.)

Description:

1 set of building logs (52 pieces including roof) : wood, stained ; various sizes in box 27 x 30 x 3 cm + 1 design booklet (14 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 24 cm) + 1 cardboard sheet

Notes:
Wooden dowels, notched for assembly and stability. "Set no 1A including design book for entire construction system". Includes also instructions for entering the Lincoln Logs annual building competition (1 sheet : cardboard; 26 x 30 cm.). Packing diagram for set printed inside lower portion of box.
"Log construction design book for all Lincoln Logs sets and for Lincoln Playhouse"--Page 1 of cover of booklet
"Patented Aug. 31st, 1920; copyright 1923 by J. Ll. W."--Page 1 cover of booklet

Summary:

According to David Owen, Lincoln Logs "are still popular enough to consume four carloads of Ponderosa pine trees from Oregon every month. They were invented in 1916 by John Lloyd Wright ... and were inspired by a Japanese technique for constructing earthquake-proof buildings". ('Where toys come from', Atlantic Monthly, October 1986, p. 66)

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Subject:

Blocks (Toys) United States Specimens.
Wooden toys United States Specimens.
Toys United States Specimens.
Cubes (Pièces de jeu) États-Unis Spécimens.
Jouets en bois États-Unis Spécimens.
Jouets États-Unis Spécimens.
Blocks (Toys)
Toys.
Wooden toys.
United States.

Form/genre:

Notched-dowel assembly system toys.
Specimens.

Added entries:

Wright, John Lloyd.
J.L. Wright, Inc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main objects 61094
Call No.: TS2301.T7.W6 J63 1923
Status: Available