Vintage 1950s NOS Clown Girl and Gargoyle Dexterity Puzzle Game Plastic Toys Made in Hong Kong Circus Ball Maze 🧸 security_guard_pin lit from above so the

lit from above so the domed badge face catches the light the way it would have on a dime-store wire rack circa the Eisenhower years

because anyone born after its decline tends to think of it as simply a predecessor to the dollar store — a place for cheap goods

The printing quality is characteristic of mid-century commercial label work at its best: bold outlines

that said Western

and the results — when they survive in NOS condition — are some of the most visually sophisticated mass-produced images of their time

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