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The Holiday Annual of Home Amusements and Social Sports

 

In a lite ode to Bradley's Holiday Annual of Home Amusements and Social Sports (the cover and title of their 1872-3 catalogue), we've assembled a collection of educational toys, teaching aids, and good ol' fashioned games straight from the pages of Bradley catalogs spanning the 1870s-1920s.  

A few non-Bradley selections include irresistible alphabet amusements and graphic tools suited to both adults and children. All rare and/or in choice condition.

Kindle a little juvenile joy. See also: The Haec City Guide to last-minute gifts for designers, New Arrivals
Alphabet & Kindergarten Building Blocks

Alphabet & Kindergarten Building Blocks

[educational toys, alphabet blocks]
Bradley's Self-Verifying Phonetic Cards (Milton Bradley #8266)

Bradley's Self-Verifying Phonetic Cards (Milton Bradley #8266)

Nellie Troidl; Milton Bradley [teaching aids, educational ephemera]
Bradley's Kindergarten Material No. 5 & 6, Fifth and Sixth Gifts (complete!)

Bradley's Kindergarten Material No. 5 & 6, Fifth and Sixth Gifts (complete!)

Milton Bradley Kindergarten Material [teaching aids, educational ephemera]
Parquetry Design Blocks Enlarged (Milton Bradley Co. #8439)

Parquetry Design Blocks Enlarged (Milton Bradley Co. #8439)

Milton Bradley Co. Milton Bradley [teaching aids, educational ephemera]
Mrs. Hailmann's Beads #470 (Two sets of wooden beads cubes, spheres, cylinders in original wood boxes)

Mrs. Hailmann's Beads #470 (Two sets of wooden beads cubes, spheres, cylinders in original wood boxes)

Milton Bradley, Kindergarten Material [teaching aids, educational ephemera]
PERSPECTOGRAPH (Milton Bradley perspective drawing apparatus)

PERSPECTOGRAPH (Milton Bradley perspective drawing apparatus)

Brownjohn, Earl [Brown John]
Buchstaben-Setzkasten für Leseübungen von Lehrer Josef Weber

Buchstaben-Setzkasten für Leseübungen von Lehrer Josef Weber

Weber, Josef [alphabet, spelling games]
Game of Anagrams (Milton Bradley #4150)

Game of Anagrams (Milton Bradley #4150)

Milton Bradley [word games, educational ephemera]
The Instructive Game of Magic Spelling with Bewitched Letters

The Instructive Game of Magic Spelling with Bewitched Letters

McLoughlin Bros. [games, juvenile, educational ephemera]
GIANT PICTURE PRINTER (An ARNOLD ARNOLD Toy)

GIANT PICTURE PRINTER (An ARNOLD ARNOLD Toy)

Arnold, Arnold F. [games, art education]
Conette: A Game of Skill (Milton Bradley #4044)

Conette: A Game of Skill (Milton Bradley #4044)

Milton Bradley [games]