Toy ferris wheel
Fisher-Price Toys
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1966 - 1980 (copyright date)
Materials
Plastic, metal, wood and printed cardboard
Measurements
232 mm (width of toy); 210 mm (height of toy); 165 mm (depth of toy);
Place of origin
East Aurora
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659402
Summary
A Fisher-Price toy ferris wheel and its original box. The ferris wheel is white plastic with four movable seats in various colours. Sittng in the seats are four three toy people and one toy dog. They are all sealed in the original clear plastic packaging. To the side of the ferris wheel is a plastic house with a white dial to work the musical box. On one side is a seated toy man in a yellow hat with his hands on a winding mechanism. The entire toy is placed on a wooden base with a green printed label with a printed path, flowers and a rabbit. The cardboard box has an open front in which the toy is placed. Inside is a light blue background with white musical notes printed on it. On a flap to the left are three colour photographs depicting how the toy works. The top of the box has a red background, the Fisher-Price logo, ages and a colour photograph of the toy. On the sides and the back are further photographs of children playing with the toy. On the back are written instructions on how the toy works in various languages. Around the bottom is the manufacturer's name and logo printed in white ink on a red background. Printed on the bottom of the box is 'Copyright 1966, 1980 Fisher-Price Toys, East Aurora, N.Y. 14052 / Division of The Quaker Oats Company / Trademarks of The Quaker Oats Company, Fisher-Price Toys, authorisesd user. / Manufactured in England by Fisher-Price Toys, P.O. Box 65, Northampton, England. / Made in Great Britain. / Printed in Great Britain. / Includes parts from U.S.A. / The right is reserved to improve and amend specifications and colours'. A number on the box is '969' printed in white ink in various places around the box. Included inside the box is a six page printed catalogue depicting other Fisher-Price toys. Total number of items is three
Makers and roles
Fisher-Price Toys , maker