Sunday, December 16, 2007

FOUND PHOTO: THE HOPALONG KID

Looks like the kid in this found photo had a fun Christmas. Just check out his haul of toys from 1957.


Besides being decked out in a Hopalong Cassidy outfit he has himself a new tricycle, toy top, Fisher Price Mickey Mouse pull toy, jack in the box, snowman bank, a plush animal or two and a new microwave oven. Wait a minute. . . microwave ovens hadn’t been invented yet. Oh I see, that big box is a record player.


For fun I did a quick search and found some photos of the toys that this boy has or I guess I should say had. Most of these photos came from ebay and some other auction sites. Who knows maybe one of these toys really did belong to this kid?






2 comments:

Glen Mullaly said...

Wow! Great sleuthing Todd - you really nailed most of these.

Oh, and just to geek out here - it's theoretically possible that that box-like shape in the background could have been a microwave. The first model was made in '47 and the first home microwave hit the stores in '55.
Of course the '47 model was 6 ft. tall and weighed 750 lbs, so it probably wasn't that one.

Todd Franklin said...

Thanks Glen! Wow, didn't know that about the microwave, so I'm glad you geeked out!