The sovereign people['s] building block[s].

[approximately 1884] (Philadelphia : Frost & [F]ullerton)

1 set of building blocks : wood and lithographed paper ; various sizes in wooden box 28 x 39 x 24 cm + 2 instruction sheets ([4] pages : illustrations ; 27 x 18 cm)

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.

Paper-covered hollow wooden blocks. The paper is lithographed with images of neo-Gothic building elements, and varnished. From the time of the American Civil War to about 1900, many American wooden toys were decorated with lithographs, often brightly-coloured.
Construction toys were becoming increasingly popular in America by the second half of the 19th century. During this time and continuing into the 20th century many locking devices were developed to make the constructions more stable. The Frost's Blocks are essentially a stacking toy with a tongue and hollow arrangement for stability. (Cf. K. Hewitt. Educational toys in America. Burlington, Vt., 1979).

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.

Tongue-and-groove assembly system toys.
Color photographs.
Black-and-white photographs.
Specimens.

Frost & Fullerton.
Chas. W. Frost (Firm)

Sovereign people building block
Title on instruction sheets: Plans of a series of buildings which may be erected with a single set of Frost's Blocks

Localisation: Bibliothèque main jouets et jeux 60798
Cote: TS2301.T7.W6 F76 1884
Statut: Disponible