Dozens of kids, young and old, gathered at the Simcoe County Museum on Sunday to learn about toys and their origins.
‘Toys through Time’ captured the focus of everybody who took part. And while many took in the historical toy lesson outside, Abby was inside taking in the stereo scope.
“It’s really cool because it’s just a flat picture but then when you look through it – it pops into 3D.”
Back in the mid-to-late 1800s the stereo scope was cutting edge technology.
“Photographs were first starting and people had never seen photographs before and then people got to see them in this 3D image and it’s very, very cool,” says Shawna Crew with the Simcoe County Museum.
Inside the museum the toy window has some favourites from the 1800s – including dolls, a little stove, pots and pans, books, games and Tiddlywinks.
One of the most popular toys over time is a toy called ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ – know for hundreds of years as an easy toy to make.
“They would have used just scraps of wood and scraps of ribbon that they don’t need or put aside,” added Crew.
Licia Banek says showing her family how children occupied their time before the electronic age is good for them.
“It’s nice for them to get their hands on things and get a feeling of what it was like.”
Summer Sunday’s continues at the museum until August 17th and you can get more details here.
