Following on from the Twenties, because of the great depression you would expect the Thirties toy choices to decrease.
Surprisingly, they did not and new manufacturing methods combined with the growth of radio and the movie theaters, making house hold names of radio and movie stars, increased the range of toys kids wanted. It is also interesting seeing kids pedal cars reflect the streamlining of automobiles.
By the mid Thirties many of the prices had dropped partly through cheaper manufacturing methods and partly because of the great depression.
Here, a collection of 18 adorable vintage photos show children with their toys in the 1930s:
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| Pet show, Venice Beach, CA, 1936 |
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| Children in hospital bed with dolls, Washington, D.C., 1931 |
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| Tenements, London, 1936 |
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| Child hanging baby clothes on clothesline, ca. 1935 |
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| Girl with her doll, ca. 1930 |
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| School boy, 1938 |
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| La marchande de ballons, ca. 1930s |
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| Young girl entertaining Mickey Mouse and other friends at a make-believe tea party, ca. 1930s |
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| Children with umbrella, 1934 |
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| Tea party, 1930 |
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| Beach buddies, ca. 1930 |
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| Boy and his toy car, 1937 |
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| Little girl with her puppies, 1934 |
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| Three children and wagon, ca. 1930s |
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| The French doll, 1932 |
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| 3 sisters with a huge doll, Latvia, 1937 |
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| Young child with a baby doll on her lap and a rag doll, a teddy bear and a golliwog next to her, Australia, ca. 1930 |
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| Kids from the Lower East Side, New York City, 1937 |
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| Dozens of children play in a water-filled 104th street in Harlem in 1939 |
