Thursday, July 15, 1926
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Mama went out to Guy’s for a little visit. I put in a pretty good day sewing. The boys spent all their time except when they carried papers in their swimming hole. Poor little Ned was lost without them. “What can my do Mama”? he asked. Gilbert came home a little early with a Taylor Tot for Marjorie but she has no idea she could run it herself. The boys had a fight over which one was to pull her and could hardly wait their turn. She squealed when they stopped and has no idea it is made for her to run.
(Guy and his family lived in Brownsburg, I think, which is west and north of Indianapolis.
A Taylor Tot is a type of baby carriage that toddlers can push themselves in. I could not find a picture of one online from the 1920's, but did find this one from the 1940's)
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ReplyDeletewhat a gorgeous piece of blog. thank you for enrichening the internet with this work. the author may have been of little importance, but she's the person we all are: ordinary.
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I'm not sure but aren't Taylor Tots the little seats the baby sits in and pushes along with their feet? If they are, they're not so popular now as babies have been known to push themselves down steps & other dangerous places. Now they are stationary but baby can jump up & down & spin around, but it's not on wheels. Of course the new ones may not be as fun for baby, but baby won't know the difference.
ReplyDeleteCarol, I was wondering if you have seen the blog at www.shorpy.com - Shorpy, The 100-Year Old Photo Blog. It has the most wonderful photos published every day, gives a fascinating perspective on things. There was a photo posted on the 13th titled Playtime: 1920, just a group of children playing in their neighborhood. It make me think of Ruth's boys and how she describes them out and about and inventing things to do.
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I had a dollhouse in the late 1950's - and a tiny plastic stroller like the one in your link was among the furnishings. It looked antiquated to us even then.
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