Curios and relics. Toys & games PDF
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si VA -9 ? v J and Curios Relics & Games Toys Logs Lincoln Excerpts from newspapers and other sources From the files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection > u 1 ^ & * ^. / . . Question:Mymotherjustdug outmy1950sLincolnLogsset. . t Theyarestill ingoodshape. When^ wereLincolnLogsfirstmade?Are » theystillbeingmade? -A Answer:LincolnLogs, which 0,1 werefirstproduced in 1920, were thebrainchildof JohnLloyd ^ Wright, sonof Americanarchitect* FrankLloydWright. S\ JohnWright's ideawasinspiredr / bya 1916visittoJapan, wherehe <S andhisfatherwatchedworkmen * movehugelogstobuildahotelthat hisfatherdesigned. ^ The toy's name was inspired by^, Abraham Lincoln's log-cabin childhood. LincolnLogswereanimmediate commercialsuccess.^Pla^skpolpur- chasedthecompanyin1943, and LincolnLogsarestillbeingmade. : AskedReferenceQuestions http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/005genref/faqllogs.html Chicago Public Library WHO CREATED LINCOLN LOGS? Lincoln Logs were created by John Lloyd Wright (1892-1972) after he visited Tokyo, Japan in 1917 to see the construction site ofthe Imperial Hotel, which was designed byhis father, Frank Lloyd Wright. In the construction ofthe hotel, Frank used a new technique called "floating cantilever construction," where projecting beams were joined or locked into beams extending from opposite piers. John, inspired bythis construction technique, developed simple toybuilding sets known as Lincoln Logs. The toy consists ofminiature hardwood logs notched on the sides to fit into each other. SOURCE Chicago Tribune Magazine. 12 December 1982, pl6. Castronova, Frank V., ed. Almanac of Famous People. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Inc., 1998. Cho, Erin. "Lincoln Logs: Toying with the Frontier Myth," History- Today A3 (1993): 31-34. Last Updated: 4/99 Read, Learn, Discovert 24 HOURS A DAY AM 12/12/00 10:08 I
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