AR4. TOY
Toy: Abacus
Description: Mathematical device; used to add/subtract numbers before calculators were invented
Donation Date: July 4, 1994
Donor: Unknown
Location: On display
Accession Number: 994.338.1
Toy: Dolls
Description: Three dolls (13cm, 9cm, 9cm) in plastic case. Porcelain heads, composition bodies. From Hildegard Fast Schmidt, half sister of Edith Tiessen.
Year: Probably brought from Russia, c 1920
Donation Date: November 22, 1994
Donor: Edith (Isaak) Tiessen
Location: On display
Accession Number: 994.28.1
Toy: Horse Drawn Cart
Description: Horse drawn four wheeled cart. Reddish brown cart, dark brown horse.
Donation Date: November 1, 1993
Donor: John Peters
Location: Storage box # 993.314
Accession Number: 993.314.4
Toy: Horse Drawn Ladder Wagon
Description: Two horses pulling ladder wagon. Horses painted dark brown, wagon painted medium brown.
Donation Date: November 1, 1993
Donor: John Peters
Location: Storage box # 993.314
Accession Number: 993.314.3
Toy: Horse Drawn Ladder Wagon
Description: Two dark brown workhorses pulling ladder wagons
Donation Date: November 1, 1993
Donor: John Peters
Location: On display
Accession Number: 993.314.7
Toy: Horse Drawn Sleigh
Description: Brown painted horse and sleigh
Donation Date: November 1, 1993
Donor: John Peters
Location: On display.
Accession Number: 993.314.6
Toy: Horse Drawn Wagon with Driver
Description: Man on wagon pulled by team of horses
Donation Date: November 1, 1993
Donor: John Peters
Location: On display
Accession Number: 993.314.8
Toy: Man in Horse Drawn Wagon
Description: Man in wagon pulled by horse on wheels, wood painted brown colour.
Donation Date: November 1, 1993
Donor: John Peters
Location: Storage box # 993.314
Accession Number: 993.314.2
Toy: Man on Horse
Description: Folk art carving. Wooden man on horse, mounted on wooden wheels. Brown paint, mottled harness.
Donation Date: November 1, 1993
Donor: John Peters, father of Evelyn Neufeld
Location: Storage box #993.314
Accession Number: 993.314.1
Toy: Mathematical game
Description: Mathematical game made by Jacob Toews for the Martens children's first Christmas in Canada.
Year: 1925
Donation Date: May 1993
Donor: Unknown
Location: Glass front display cabinet.
Accession Number: 993.248.1
Toy: Rattle
Description: Hand-painted gourd rattle replica of rattles made in Russia for babies. Brown, green, white painted flower design. Explanation paper accompanies the rattle.
Year: Replica made in 1988
Donation Date: August 4, 1992
Donor: Margaret Rempel
Location: Archival box
Accession Number: 992.79.4
Toy: Toy Tractor
Description: Red painted early wooden tractor
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Donation Date: November 1, 1993
Donor: John Peters
Location: Storage box #993.314
Accession Number: 993.314.5