Hula Hoop - city children at play

Category

Library Item

Item no

21926

Title

Hula Hoop - city children at play

Description

A young boy with blond hair is playing in the street with a hula hoop. Sunlight outlines his profile and the hoop against a dark background.

Artist / maker

Grant, Richard

Date

1958

Size

22.8 x 17.0 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The emergence of mass production in the 1950s and the wider use of plastics meant a greater variety of toys. Inexpensive plastic toys such as hula hoops, yo-yos and Frisbees were very popular and in 1959, the Barbie doll was born.

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Clothing and dress > Garments > Jumpers

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People > Children > Boys

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