SBA Comments on “Careers for Girls” in 1990
I know there's a lot of buzz these days about gender neutrality in toys (see "Target will stop labeling toys...
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1980 Newspaper Ad Featuring Vinyl Cape Jawa Illustration
It was the carrying case that led me to the ad, but as soon as I spotted this 1980 treasure...
1982 Christian Science Monitor Article on Strawberry Shortcake
The February 6, 1982, issue of The Deseret News shares with us this Christian Science Monitor article by Wend Gristmacher...
“Board games best for school-age kids”
One thing I've learned while exploring the Google newspaper archives is that you can't always find what you're looking for...
Strawberry Shortcake Prices in 2001
Yesterday's post about Strawberry Shortcake is far from the end of the Google newspaper archive's look at the old Kenner...
More on Strawberry Shortcake from the Early Eighties
In both Each Sold Separately* and Action Figures Not Included* I touched on the importance of Strawberry Shortcake as a...
1979 Star Wars “Action Figure Collector’s Case” Newspaper Ad
Here's a bit of a strange newspaper ad from the seventies. Where most of the ads promoted action figures and...
Battleship and Operation in 1972
Milton Bradley gets some great coverage in this 1972 newspaper ad for K-Mart stores. Both the Battleship (Amazon.com search*) and...
