Lincoln logs.

Title & Author:

Lincoln logs.

Publication:

Description:

1 set of building logs (112 pieces) : stained wood, cloth tape ; various sizes in cardboard box 26 x 31 x 5 cm + 1 design book (16 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm)

Notes:
Wooden dowels notched for assembly and stability. "Double set". Packing diagram for set printed inside lower portion of box.
Designed by John Lloyd Wright.
"Patented--August 31, 1920. Name registered--August 28, 1923. Design book copyright 1930 J.L.W. Inc."--Page 1 of design book
"Patented--August 31, 1920. Name registered--August 28, 1923. Design book copyright 1930 J.L.W. Inc."--P. 1 of design book.
Library copy: 103 pieces including roof and chimney.
Library copy: imperfect: wanting 8 number 1 logs, 1 number 9 and 1 number 13, but with an extra number 5.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "L'architecture en jeux: jeux de construction du CCA = Buildings in boxes: architectural toys from the CCA", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 27, 1990-Mar. 31, 1991.
Exhibited: "L'architecture en jeux: jeux de construction du CCA = Buildings in boxes: architectural toys from the CCA", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 27, 1990-Mar. 31, 1991.

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.

Title on instruction booklet: Lincoln logs design book

Holdings:

Location: Library main jouets et jeux 60820
Call No.: TS2301.T7.W6 J631 1930
Status: Available

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