Sources Used
(These books and articles are also great for further reading on toys and childhood!)

Barenholtz, Bernard, and Inez McClintock. American Antique Toys 1830-1900. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1980.

Braden, Donna R. “Staying In: Home Amusements.” In Leisure and Entertainment in America. Chapter 2. Dearborn, MI: The Henry Ford, 1988.

Calvert, Karin. Children in the House: The Material Culture of Early Childhood, 1600-1900. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 1992.

Cross, Gary. Kids’ Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 1997.

Formanek-Brunell, Miriam. Made to Play House: Dolls and the Commercialization of American Girlhood, 1830-1930. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1993.

Heininger, Mary Lynn Stevens, et al. A Century of Childhood, 1820-1920. Rochester, NY: The Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, 1984.

Hiner, N. Ray, and Joseph M., eds. Growing Up in America: Children in Historical Perspective. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985.

Hoffman, David. Kid Stuff: Great Toys from Our Childhood. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1996.

Ketchum, William C. Toys and Games. Prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1981.

Kids! 200 Years of Childhood, Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1999.

Larkin, Jack. Children Everywhere: Dimensions of Childhood in Early 19th Century New England. Sturbridge, MA: Old Sturbridge Village Booklet Series, 1987.

McClintock, Inez and Marshall. Toys in America. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1961.

McClinton, Katharine Morrison. Antiques of American Childhood. New York, NY: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1970.

Mergen, Bernard. Play and Playthings: A Reference Guide. Westport, CT & London: Greenwood Press, 1982. See especially chapter 6: “From ‘Play Pritties’ to Toys: Artifacts of Play.”

O’Brien, Richard. The Story of American Toys from the Puritans to the Present. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1990.

Pursell, Carroll. “The Long Summer of Boy Engineering.” In Possible Dreams: Enthusiasm for Technology in America. Dearborn, MI: The Henry Ford, 1992.

Rich, Mark. 100 Greatest Baby Boomer Toys. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000.

West, Elliott, and Paula Petrick, eds. Small Worlds: Children and Adolescents in America, 1850-1950. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1992.