Name/Title
Fisher Price Tiny Teddy pull toy with xylophone, 1955Entry/Object ID
2021.52.7Description
Acc. No. 21.52.7
Subject Category: Household, toys
Date or Period: ca. 1955
Object: Toy
Description: a wooden pull toy, featuring a cut-out shape with applied two-sided decal of a teddy bear with red jacket and blue shorts, mounted on an undercarriage with blue wheels, blue base, red edges, and sides with another decal applied. front has a small staple and remnants of a red ribbon; bear has arms, with decals, and extended with mounted springs with wooden ends, on a metal mechanism attached to the wheels, which make the arms go up and down, and make the ends connect to three metal strips forming a xylophone. Because of the springs, when the toy is pulled over uneavenness, different notes of the xylophone will be hit. Decals state 'Fisher Price Toys', 'Tiny Teddy', and Fisher-Price Toys Inc., East Aurora, N.Y.', and 'Made in U.S.A.' Has modern shoelace attached to replace original string.
Size: Diameter: L-6.75 x W-4.5 x H-8.25 inches.
History of Object: 1955 Fisher Price Tiny Teddy Toy 634. Donated in honor of this family: Elsie Follrath including her son Ben Follrath, grandson Bob Follrath, and great granddaughter Beverly Johnson (a former Mayor of Alameda).
Acquired from: Jeanne Follrath
Date: 06/05/21. Catalog completion Date 12/15/2021
