100 Objects from Century of the Child

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John Rideout and Harold Van Doren. Skippy-Racer. 1933 Mass-produced in Toledo, Ohio, the Skippy-Racer was expressive of a material culture of personal freedom, mobility, and consumer choice. Advertising emphasized its stylish streamlining, speed, and innovative features such as ball-bearing wheels. Priced at $4.95, it was nevertheless beyond the reach of many children still living in abject poverty during the Depression years–and thus a reminder of the uneven reach of modern design. Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

John Rideout and Harold Van Doren. Skippy-Racer. 1933

Mass-produced in Toledo, Ohio, the Skippy-Racer was expressive of a material culture of personal freedom, mobility, and consumer choice. Advertising emphasized its stylish streamlining, speed, and innovative features such as ball-bearing wheels. Priced at $4.95, it was nevertheless beyond the reach of many children still living in abject poverty during the Depression years–and thus a reminder of the uneven reach of modern design.

Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

07/30/12

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Freehand drawing exercise. 1899 Tadd emphasized freehand blackboard drawing as combining physical and intellectual exercise in a way that reflected children’s natural tendency to express themselves through movement. He described this method as “a process that unfolds the capacities of children as unfold the leaves and flowers; a system that teaches the pupils that they are in the plan and part of life … illustrated in every natural thing.” Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

Freehand drawing exercise. 1899

Tadd emphasized freehand blackboard drawing as combining physical and intellectual exercise in a way that reflected children’s natural tendency to express themselves through movement. He described this method as “a process that unfolds the capacities of children as unfold the leaves and flowers; a system that teaches the pupils that they are in the plan and part of life … illustrated in every natural thing.”

Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

07/29/12

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