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Play-Doh:The Original Play-Doh Modeling Compound

Rainbow Crafts, Inc.1962

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

This can originally contained Play-Doh, the soft, molding compound used by kids everywhere since the middle of the 20th century. Play-Doh originated as a variant of a cleaning compound used to improve the look of wallpaper. Joe Vickers of Kutol Chemicals in Cincinnati sent the compound to his sister-in-law who had complained that her students could not manipulate the modeling clay supplied by her school. Vickers sold white Play-Doh to the Cincinnati school system and placed the compound in major department stores throughout the country. By the mid-1950s, Play-Doh came in red, blue, and yellow, and nearly every playroom in America had a supply of the substance.

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  • Title: Play-Doh:The Original Play-Doh Modeling Compound
  • Creator: Rainbow Crafts, Inc.
  • Date Created: 1962
  • Location: USA
  • Subject Keywords: sculpture, construction, Play-Doh
  • Type: Creativity Toys
  • Medium: Play-Doh, cardboard, metal, printed paper
  • Object ID: 112.6098
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