A Brief Pictorial Account of What Children Got for Christmas Decades Ago

Christmas is the most anticipated festal time of year for minor in our culture , and it is easy to find out why : presents . Finding long - desired toy under the dress - up Christmas tree is one of the best instant of the class , and this was the case XII or even a hundred twelvemonth ago , too . Here are some nostalgic exposure of those long gone moments of joy .

( I take on these images from the amazing collection ofFortepan , one of the in force depots of private photographs in the worldly concern . These shots were taken mostly in wealthy , middle - class European household , mostly in Hungary . )

A miniature theater, a miniature kitchen (1909)

Photo : Fortepan

A rocking horse, a humming top, a rubber ball, a wooden toy rifle (1929)

Two baby carriages, a really nice pedal car (1930)

Dolls, board games, an abacus, new shoes (1931)

A model train set, dolls, a doll house, a polar bear, a toy cat, a wind-up motorbiker, a board game, a set of toy skittles (1930)

A tricycle, a toy trumpet, lead soldiers, toy kitchenware, a toy violin (1935)

A smaller model train set, a huge model train set, a doll (1939)

A tin toy truck, a wind-up tin toy car, a wind-up tin toy armored vehicle, a wooden 4-horse-drawn carriage, plush animals, and children’s books (1940)

Several tin toy vehicles: a fire engine, a tram, a crane, a truck, a tractor etc (1940)

A model train set, dolls, a piano, a drum, a truck, a kitchen stove, a wooden cavalry (1942)

A model train set, a tin toy hydroplane, a tin toy truck, a tank, a cannon, a humming top, a wooden car (1942)

A tricycle, a clapping cat, a musical drum, a clapping squirrel, a castle, a tin toy plane, a plastic bear, a horse-drawn cart, a baby carriage with a big doll (1942)

Wooden blocks and model train set (1950)

Wooden bus, wooden tram, wooden truck (1952)

Wooden fire engine and wind mill (1953)

Dolls, board games, and a remote controlled tin toy car (1958)

Books, dollhouse furniture, a model train set (1962)

A Hungarian made construction set called “Babylon” (1965)

A Hungarian made battery operated tin toy lunar car, a Piko model train set, a Hungarian made friction tin toy airplane, and a battery operated tin toy bulldozer (1965)

A plastic rocket launcher, a Hungarian made friction tin toy car (Packard), a Chinese made tin toy spaceship (“Rocket Express”), an oil tanker truck, and a construction set (1966)

Top photo : Fortepan , 1942

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A miniature theater, a miniature kitchen (1909)#

A rocking horse, a humming top, a rubber ball, a wooden toy rifle (1929)#

Two baby carriages, a really nice pedal car (1930)#

Dolls, board games, an abacus, new shoes (1931)#

A model train set, dolls, a doll house, a polar bear, a toy cat, a wind-up motorbiker, a board game, a set of toy skittles (1930)#

A tricycle, a toy trumpet, lead soldiers, toy kitchenware, a toy violin (1935)#

A smaller model train set, a huge model train set, a doll (1939)#

A tin toy truck, a wind-up tin toy car, a wind-up tin toy armored vehicle, a wooden 4-horse-drawn carriage, plush animals, and children’s books (1940)#

Several tin toy vehicles: a fire engine, a tram, a crane, a truck, a tractor etc (1940)#

A model train set, dolls, a piano, a drum, a truck, a kitchen stove, a wooden cavalry (1942)#

A model train set, a tin toy hydroplane, a tin toy truck, a tank, a cannon, a humming top, a wooden car (1942)#

A tricycle, a clapping cat, a musical drum, a clapping squirrel, a castle, a tin toy plane, a plastic bear, a horse-drawn cart, a baby carriage with a big doll (1942)#

Wooden blocks and model train set (1950)#

Wooden bus, wooden tram, wooden truck (1952)#

Wooden fire engine and wind mill (1953)#

Dolls, board games, and a remote controlled tin toy car (1958)#

Books, dollhouse furniture, a model train set (1962)#

A Hungarian made construction set called “Babylon” (1965)#

A Hungarian made battery operated tin toy lunar car, a Piko model train set, a Hungarian made friction tin toy airplane, and a battery operated tin toy bulldozer (1965)#

A plastic rocket launcher, a Hungarian made friction tin toy car (Packard), a Chinese made tin toy spaceship (“Rocket Express”), an oil tanker truck, and a construction set (1966)#

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