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Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:00:33 +0000

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The Fix (Preservation)

catalog

conservation

Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Library

FAO Schwarz

toys

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New York at Christmas time evokes many memories but as a child it meant a visit to FAO Schwarz, the oldest toy store in the United States. When a 1911 catalog from the famed toy store landed in the Book Conservation Lab it was like an early Christmas present! The catalog came to us from <a href="http://blog.library.si.edu/2013/12/the-fix-fao-schwarz-1911-toy-catalog/#more-'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>

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