Yerington Mondays: Yerington Monday: Favorite Christmas Toys of Yerington’s 1950’s Kids

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Yerington Monday: Favorite Christmas Toys of Yerington’s 1950’s Kids

If you grew up in Yerington in the 1950’s theses are some of the toys you might have found under the Christmas tree. The J C Penney, Sears and Wards Christmas catalogs were like toys themselves as we looked through them and dreamed of our favorite gift for Christmas. Do any of you remember receiving any of these for Christmas?

1950’s Christmas Catalog

1950’s Mr. Potato Head toy set

3D View Master

Whee-Lo toys did quite well with kids thanks to their ability to provide hypnotic fun, an element of the toy that made it a perfect accessory for otherwise dull activities like car rides and waiting for the school bus. Parents liked them because they kept kids occupied with a quiet source of enjoyment, and teachers liked them because Whee-Lo toys illustrated scientific principles like kinetic energy, gravity and rotational energy. It was truly a toy with something to please everyone.

Wooly Willy Vintage Magnetic Drawing Toy

Tinkertoy

Candy Cigarettes

Kaleidoscope

Slinky

Disney Doll House Toy

Huffy Bicycle

Cap Gun

A-J “74” toss glider (1947-59) – Undoubtedly the most iconic ready-to-fly toss glider of all time, the “74” was also Jim Walker’s favorite demonstration glider. Walker could make a 74 perform show stunts that astounded kids and adults alike. Reportedly while visiting a prospective business client in a high-level office building, he flew a 74 out one window … back in the next … and made a perfect catch in mid-flight.

The child's phonograph above, was among the last totally acoustic phonographs produced in the United States. It dates to the early 1950s, and uses no electronics to reproduce sound. In the era following World War II, many publishers began to release 78 RPM records that specifically targeted the greatly expanding generation of "baby boomer" children.

Yahtzee came out to the public in the 1950s and has been popular among kids and adults for over fifty years.

The Pogo Stick is one of the best selling and most popular toys to come out in the 1950's.

Hula Hoops

Paper Dolls

Red Ryder B.B. Guns are very popular among males and have withstood the test of time. They went from single shot to multiple pump B.B. Guns and rifles.