Strong National Museum of Play

This organization has contributed to the following objects in the Encyclopedia.

The Schoenhut “All Wood Perfection Art Doll” played into notions about feminine ideals, particularly beauty, youth, and physical perfection (indeed…

Children’s need for and appreciation of realism in play assumed uncanny aspects in the discussion of Schoenhut’s “All Wood Perfection…

Although the Schoenhut Company viewed boys as the primary consumers of toy airplanes, it made marketing overtures to girls as…