From the November 14, 1963 edition of the Lorain
Journal comes this
Hills Dept. Store Christmas-themed ad featuring a variety of toys designed to whet the appetite of every little girl and boy.
For girls, there's the Barbie Wardrobe Trunk, "in which to store your Barbie Doll," with "accessory drawers and plenty of room to hang her clothes." I'll have to ask my sister if she had this. I kind of think she did, because I seem to remember the illustration of Gold Digger® Barbie on the trunk.
There's also Chatty Baby from Mattel, "more lovable than ever." "She talks, cries, laughs... 18 different things." I wonder what the other 15 were?
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| Like Barbie, Tiny Chatty Baby is trapped in her own vinyl Alcatraz |
There were a variety of toys for both boys and girls, including the
Sno-Cone Machine, the
Lie Detector Game and the
Match Game. (They're all on eBay too, so it's not too late for you to get your hands on one or all, if Santa neglected to back in 1963.)
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| How about some ketchup on your snow-cone? |
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| The Lorain Police Department may want to get its hands on this device. |
And finally, for the budding scientists, there was this
Microscope from A. C. Gilbert. One of my brothers had a microscope, and I remember us putting all kinds of weird stuff on slides and taking a closer look. Yuck!
