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Toys and Games ➔ Fisher Price School Days Desk
Identifier:
2013.35.1Description:
Plastic desk with orange sides. Top is off-white plastic with raised gold letters spelling "fisher price toys school days desk". Top has green chalk board inset and two sliding plastic doors that open to reveal storage compartment. The sliding doors are decorated with images of small words and an accompanying illustration. Desk also contains two shelves. The top shelf has 16 cards made of cardboard, illustrating small words with cutouts of the letters. The bottom shelf is off-white plastic and slides out. It contains a plastic letter for each letter in the alphabet in the repeating color scheme of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Extra plastic letters (S, R, O, E, P, N, I, L, T) and plastic numbers of 1-9 are kept it the top storage compartment along with 6 small pieces of white chalk. Each letter and number has a small magnet in the back of it.;The Fisher Price Schoo;C '72 Fisher Price Toys, East Aurora, N.Y. Made in U.S.A. Pat. Pending;The toys in this accession were acquired and used by the donor and her family during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. This group of toys is unusual for its completeness of the examples (many have original packaging) and the good condition of the pieces.;Fisher Price was founded in 1930 by Herman Fisher, Irving Price, illustrator/artist Margaret Evans Price,and Helen Schelle. Fisher-Price fundamental toy-making principles centered on intrinsic play value, ingenuity, strong construction, good value for the money, and action.Date:
1967 – 1977Materials:
Plastic, Cardboard, MetalDimensions:
6.3" h 8.75 | 8.75 | varies | 8.75" w 1" d; 3.5" h ; 1.5" h ; 6.3" hCurrent Location Status:
In StorageSource:
Gift of Chuck and Marcia JaggerExhibit/Program:
TOYS! (2018 – 2020)This GRPM original exhibit featured toys and games from the museum’s collections in meticulously crafted displays representing childhood in different eras. This interactive, multi-generational exhibition of toys and games is sure to rekindle childhood memories and spark the creation of new ones.
Related Entities:
Fisher-Price (creator)Alternate names: Fisher Price, Fisher-Price Toys, Incorporated
Fisher-Price is an American company that produces educational toys for children and infants, headquartered in East Aurora, New York. The company was formed in 1930 and has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mattel since 1993. Marcia Jagger (donor)
