In the late ‘40s, my toys were....
an electric train
Dagwood Bumstead cardboard figures
tricycle
Li’l Abner windup piano player
teddy bear
Jeepers Creepers
Fiddlesticks
Tinker Toys
Lincoln Logs
....actually, quite a bit of stuff.
No jack-in-the-box?
My favorite thing to do, when little, was to get into Grandma’s junk drawer next to the sink with the big water pump, and try to organize it for her. (While Grandpa worked on the black walnuts in the kitchen.)
I still treasure those memories.
My 6 year old loves playing with Lincoln Logs. I’d say the amount of toys you had were just right for a kid. I probably had just as many toys.
My own kids seem to have much more including videogames, sports equipment, computers, and literally thousands of Lego pieces.
My grandmother played with a sock in the 1920’s. Her mother would not buy her a doll. But she learned how to make dolls out of her old socks, and eventually she became an excellent seamstress.
Are Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs made in China now?