lost & found vintage toys

fall library sale

yesterday i hit the fall friends of the library sale downtown here in portland ~

it's book nerd heaven ~

& it's like my xmas ~

wonderful old fashioned & vintage books ~

i always scoop up the dover coloring books ~

kittens & butterflies ~

vintage wonder, elf & little golden books ~

this dr seuss story was/is still my son's favorite ~

when i saw it was glow-in-the-dark i had to bring it home ~

thanks mr dad, for manning the book cart ;) ~

pop-up oz & kids' vinyl too ~

i found these pokemon guides for raven, as well as a world champion pokemon card in the free bookmarks box too ~

i'll be posting these books up individually soon ~

p.s. you still have time to get to the sale today, but it's also the pdx marathon today so.. just sayin' ;)

bren

wee wisdom ~ july 1966

frogs like to sing in summertime ~

this vintage issue of wee wisdom magazine for children is from july 1966 ~

late for the picnic ~

more frogs ~

creation story ~

paperdoll ~

i would love some rainclouds about now ~

the lonely little scarecrow ~

games & songs ~

cooking is fun ~

little fish floaters ~

giant bees ~

are you headed for teen country? ~

click on wee wisdom in the category list in the sidebar for more like this ~

bren

vintage toy ads ~ toxic's choice

more vintage toy ads ~

these are from toxic's old stomping grounds like her home beach, 62nd street in belmont shore :) ~

there was a 2 guys along toxic's bikeride to school ~

jcpenney's toyland! toxic also often bought her school clothes, bathing suits & gym clothes here for jr high ~

zody's is where we bought our first stereo :D ~

& i still have old 45s i bought at the treasury in lakewood ~

classic fisher price & tinker toys ~

not unlike my old backyard swingset but hey, i wish i'd had the dangerous tent kind! ~

toxic's choice ~

good old toys'r'us, we spent many hours there, especially during the pokemon training league years with my son & his friends, happy times :) ~

bren

vintage toy ads

i keep a notebook in my toyroom that's full of vintage toy ads ~

hey look, it's talking bozo with 10 different phrases! no i think i've had quite enough bozo for awhile ~

these are mostly from vintage sears catalogues ~

i love the really old ones ~

velocipedes, hand cars & irish mails? (translation = trikes & gocarts) ~

mechanical, musical & rolling floor toys including waddling goose ~

gilbert sets, like toxic's old microscope ~

erector sets & tinker toys (i need a magic lantern) ~

more like this all week ~

bren