PLAY TIME !

 

 

 

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A twenty year old Mac Computer that my son Erik learned on then taught me & A fifty three year old Jon Gnagy TV Sketching outfit that I had as kid. The TV screens Jon appeared on in 1950 were about the size of the Apple's. On top of Gnagy, is the box for a Remco Radio Station my brother and I got for Christmas in 1956.

 

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A Knapp Electric Questioner Game circa 1940's

The Knapp Toy and Novelty Co was owned by David Knapp and started with electric

motors and trains in the late 1890's. David was related to the Knapp's I am studying but

I have no idea if they were close at all. If only I could ask The Questioner ?

The Texaco Fire Helmets are just like the ones Pat & Mike gave Butchie & Me in 1951

 

Another earlier 1930's version of The Knapp Questioner (Hey I Still Got Lots Of ???) They both still work fine. They made a version in the 20's too. If only I could ask them about Dodi and his place in Mastic Beach! That's The Remco Radio Station which is a lot smaller and less powerful than Dodi's Radio Station was. Dodi's was wireless and made for the US Navy. The Remco only had a range of 1/2 mile (about from my house to his dock if you had enough wire)

THE GAME OF FINANCE

This is the original game that Monopoly was taken from. The whole story is on the Knapp Electric Toy Co page. Both it and Krazy Ikes (wood pieces that snap together) was a bit of departure for Knapp Toys that were usually all electrical. The Depression changed a lot of things.

 

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