Stockton,
CA 
Toys
Children
in the 19th century played with toys, including dolls, marbles,
and cast-metal figures. In the latter part of the century, more
and more people bought toys from stores or catalogs, rather than
making them themselves.
The
toys above are from families who lived near the laundry. We didn’t
find very many toys at the Chinese laundry. What do you
think this might mean?
Do you think children in the 19th century had less fun because they had fewer toys than many kids today?
What could future archaeologists tell about you from finding
your toys?
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Compare
your ideas to the archaeologists' ideas