World War II model airplane kit
| Description: |
General Mills cereals made these toy model airplane kits complete with instructions in 1944. When tin toys were so popular, why would the toy be paper? During World War II (1941-45 for the United States), kids as well as adults had to make do.” Americans tried to conserve food, gasoline, and raw materials like rubber and metal. Cloth, metals, and rubber were used to make products for troops over seas. Families in the United States used paper, cardboard and wood in place of plastics and metals when possible. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/164 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Geography: |
United States of America |
| Subjects: |
Airplanes Airplanes -- Models Toys Paper toys 1940s World War 1939-1945 |
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