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Toy Ball Games and Pioneering Toy Inventions of 1860s America
The article reviews early toy patents from 1867 to 1869 including Isaac P. Tice of New York City's 1867 patent for a Toy Ball and a 1872 patent for Fire Engines with a Teachers Toy. It outlines mechanisms with rotating blocks and illustrated lessons, plus J. S. Griffith of Philadelphia's 1868 cave toy and E. F. Anderson of Mansfield Indiana's 1869 device claiming instructional aims.
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Isaac P. Tice
New York City
J. S. Grifth
Philadelphia
U. S
L’s Cave
Mr.Griffith