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Independent from Long Beach, California • 65

Publication:
Independenti
Location:
Long Beach, California
Issue Date:
Page:
65
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A 1 1 Enrnrrinijr I 1 tmfmmiff (,.. i 1 i fi I i ti-r 'i1 'i r. anaMPTMl A- T'' V. i i J. swinging as By Carol Potter When wag the last time yougroped.yoiir way up but outoodedwin'gtsrfflenkqHwre-and-aee- of alustrpus lunar jungle, scrambled to the suminlt of a saws, Playforms invite creative play.

Each piece pro- vides surfaces for hanging, swinging, grasping, xtretch- a younginindinight dreanrupr Grouped-within easy reach of 'one anotherr -ijid-imacaataiwl to liamang witV tte local- pto- P0Ua Jingle purpose or are spread over toowide an area. JM jungledoma and withaquirreUipus-- --Tum-takingis eUrninated because of the wideehoi'ce wing ding ringers and assorted other pieces of activities offered. PercywiU nokmgerbe harassed -4)eaiingTequallyJntriguiflg titles areU Playforms. and bodily assaulted by the bully behind him waiting in vidpal pieces merge to become a And, ac- are no 8Wn or mon cording to Frank managerof Play- I8' 1 ground Corporation of America, the effect is one of total A And, speaking of swings.Jhe light-weight aluminum play environment, an outdoor ne4 WJ to the Playforms are designed to swing -with the youngster and stop-fnftying-mfhnt-hr Frora-no w-through- Southland children are does. There is no danger of injuries fafHpted by a piece 'imdted- to explore the possibilities 6f the model Play- of free-swinging In fact, the baqd-aid indus- scape set up byPCAa part ot the annual World of Play try may suffer a financial setback, exhibit at the.

California Museum of Science andjndiis- Playscapes are currently being installed in many Long BettyoimgtOT UilK and Timmy iw entire tanDy and the afryment the yoimg. Prirett? vtottnn to to. Xw. at eaperlmenttnt with the piece, -ingf-voieed-their-approval of (lie updated equipweuCT weu wonn-ine tnp. BERING OUTfrom-te top and Tim Privette and -Leslie Lance.

A new-found play- matejforeground) scales the. openwork walls tp-greerthemr 'Photos- by KENT- HENDERSON FIVE-YEAR QLDjMmy rivettP-looks Up from ttih aluminum maze one: of ajmmber now Ondisplay-aHtlje vGalifoifigMuseuni of Sdencendl U. IiiflfBIIrSflQsetini or Art isauqis. is. therefore, with 1 11 -staff liirgrraiigedlteillsptjiy datingfrpmthe 18th-century and in--; lentSArfronitarQflffdsthB rT- som world while lighfs sparkle in its1 greenery.

"There. are carousel horses from the: ires'V theSmgersfSfTtheKing's v'i lsiedlilidflihojday ay 4 n)nvi with" fraditjonfll- TpngiC nenta.up.aiid a horse. 1 MMdAila '-'v. isi firom -Medieval and Renaissance 'anJ MB mImHAmAa AMERICANA Is represented -in the iron 5 -tS-- toyrwnedbyDfrltoKarff 'Street ofr i -Rossmoor. Hone-drawni fire trucks are; AJawrito theme in cfolto's tore is -v ready.

to dash off tQ the wUdesteonfla--1 the magical moment when toys Come to grationv patient horse whd knows every. stop his route iwlls a for, indeed, children breathe life. into be- afechargedready fo fire, 1 loved, playthings. J.A'- 1 -J it Siipi there arer gathered through 4he that Usten years, by Richard 'rThompson. reve- Mtocespouredntotiieir are a working sfoani engine- and -a toy over dangerous seas cars hurtling to new Ta ii'rzr' 1 c.

-A I V. 41 .1. vr-vify 4 V- tr-- Vi-, -V- -V- Y.w 1 records- trains tributed by. Mrs. Stephen R.1 Mrs.

Thomas Millen mid Mrs Jewel 'x SCHOENHUT, largest toy manufac-. turerin the wcarld and one of i-v. first compniica to make pjaytUoigs r--r In quantity for American children, produced this piano 01 trtM r. Hr. In the day, before Jhrtlgn of 11.

ing fashion 'models, French 'derignsrt'iv the dolls, with elegant, miniature A -A. Vi S-rvr -j "In r-t tL. 1 Ss' 'i 1 A 5 JR'()a suit '-v-r- 'zfT-r 1 version of theiri newest styles to, other. vr a museum'stafftovered, as- countries where eagerly awaited MthNhig of toys' from the. Vr l' bar Its problems.

-For one thing, t. roM many toys literally were loved to pieces. FR0M the Hobby City DoD Museum In For own? vC Anaheim, loaned by'Mrs. J. B.

Dear-; reluctant to offer their a standably collec- ra 4 a to pia0 made by 7 tions for display at the season wheiWhey, maiie themselves, wish to show them off. See TOYS, Page W-10 i WOMANS WORK is never do ne thewy is apparent in this tableau of china doll, washtub, washboard and wringer; 4 i I I i 1 i j- y. v. 1 1 I 'J I -p 7 -r t. I i.r -R .7 r.

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