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Bradley's Toy Town Post Office

Bradley's Toy Town Post Office
Title
Bradley's Toy Town Post Office
Object name 
Miniature post office
Date 
ca. 1910
Medium 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions 
box: 1 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 11 in. ( 3.8 x 21 x 27.9 cm )
Description 
"Bradley's Toy Town Post Office" miniature child's post office including a postman's mask, a cardboard fronticepiece and two wooden stands to create the office, seven letters with envelopes, five picture post cards, three telegrams, a cablegram, two postal orders and three sheets of stamps in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of two children mailing letters in a green "TOY TOWN" mailbox with letters floating above their heads; box cover inscribed, "BRADLEY'S/ TOY TOWN/ POST OFFICE/ THE WORLD'S/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ 4440".
Credit Line 
The Liman Collection
Object Number 
2000.337
Marks 
lithographed: on the box cover: "BRADLEY'S/ TOY TOWN/ POST OFFICE/ THE WORLD'S/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ 4440"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.