Photograph

Since the 2005 induction of the cardboard box into the National Toy Hall of Fame, many individuals have donated photographs of themselves or their children playing in or around the famous boxes. Actual toys made from boxes are rarer items--they are ephemeral. But family photographs can tell many stories. Two sisters, in this example, dressed as half-pounds of butter for a summer playground parade on Main Street in Batavia, New York. It was the summer of 1965. Sheila, age five, is on the left, and Laura, age six, is on the right. Their mother, the donor of the photograph, believes the butter costumes were influenced by a food-related playground activity or lesson. The two made very convincing blocks of butter!