Opinions change with time. Throughout the past 40 years, it has become popular to "think green." But our ancestors had to hunt for food and killed buffalo, deer and passenger pigeons, making some ...
Educational toys are not a new idea. A rare 19th century "Yankee Schoolmaster" toy was offered in a recent auction. The toy was patented in 1884. Push a lever on the 10½-inch-tall toy and the ...
Educational toys are not a new idea. A rare 19th-century "Yankee Schoolmaster" toy, patented in 1884, was sold at a 2010 James Julia auction in Fairfield, Maine. 10 1/2-inch-tall toy and the mechanism ...