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FARMER GILES PHONE

Toy Telephone
©1975 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of the toy being played with
contains a red plastic phone which makes animals sounds
battery operated

Object details

Object type
Titles
  • FARMER GILES PHONE (manufacturer's title)
  • DISCOVERY TIME (series title)
Materials and techniques
printed card, moulded plastic
Brief description
Tomy, Hong Kong, 1975
Physical description
card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of the toy being played with
contains a red plastic phone which makes animals sounds
battery operated
Dimensions
  • Length: 9¼in
  • Width: 8¼in
  • Depth: 4½in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
Cat. No. 36028
Marks and inscriptions
  • TOMY (HONG KONG) LTD (white label; printed)
  • THK-1029 (hand written in black on white label)
  • NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT (typewritten label on box side)
  • ages 2 -5
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive

*this is a sample from the manufacturer and contains typewritten instructions, a white label printed TOMY (HONG KONG) LTD and written in black THK-1029
Production
Made in Hong Kong by Tomy exclusively for Palitoy Ltd under liecence from Tomy Kogyo Co Inc

Attribution note: sample
Collection
Accession number
B.860-1999

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Record createdJuly 6, 2000
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