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MD -- Baltimore -- Maryland Historical Society -- Exhibit: Nipper's Toyland: 200 Years of Children's Playthings:

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Description of Pictures: Nipper's Toyland: 200 Years of Children's Playthings
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This gallery showcases the toys that Maryland children have loved over the past two hundred years. The exhibition features hundreds of toys, dollhouses, portraits and photographs associated with Maryland children

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1. MDHSTO_150830_07.JPG: What are your favorite toys? This collection of games, toys, dolls, and children's furniture played with by Maryland children will hopefully remind you of some of your old favorites and introduce you to some of ours. Early Maryland parents viewed children as miniature adults. Pre-1750 toys included books, dolls, and Noah's Ark sets, designed to teach moral values, religious stories, and gender roles. Through the next century, parents encouraged freedom of play. Boys enjoyed ball games, stilts, and rolling hoops. Girls played with dolls, furniture, and dishes, emphasizing their domestic role. From the mid-nineteenth century, childhood became a time of innocence and joy. Industrial advances gave more families access to store bought toys that again reflected cultural expectations -- toy soldiers, trains, and fire engines fostered manliness. Girls' toys, including miniature stoves, sewing machines, and dolls, reinforced domestic femininity. Although every generation experiences childhood in a unique way (with electronic toys as some of the most popular today), some toys remain popular, including balls, kites, blocks, dolls, and toy soldiers -- an indication that perhaps little has changed in parents' intentions and in their eager children's interests over the past 200 years.
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2015 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. I retired from the US Census Bureau in god-forsaken Suitland, Maryland on my 58th birthday in May. Yee ha! Trips this year: a quick trip to Florida. two Civil War Trust conferences (Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA), and my 10th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles). Ego Strokes: Carolyn Cerbin used a Kevin Costner photo in her USA Today article. Miss DC pictures were used a few times in the Washington Post. Number of photos taken this year: just over 550,000.
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