1946. Johnstown, PA. Christmas. The tree and village already up. I was quarantined at home from kindergarten with measles. There was a "QUARANTINED!" card tacked on the front door.( They did those things in those days. ) Brother Jim was just over a year old, crawling and scooting around enough to do real damage. Mom came home from downtown errands with a set of these. She was delighted as we put them under the tree - the first replacements she'd been able to get for our plain old wartime DOLLIES, which had gotten pretty shabby by that time, doors and windows all punched out by little punchy-fingers (guess who?) -sat on, spilled on and just generally played to death. I loved 'em!

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