Skip to content
Home
Favourites
0
Advanced search
Shopping cart
0
Register
Log in
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
Subject matches "Record players" or its children
Back to search results
Fisher Price record player
Fisher Price Inc, 1987, Toy
Fisher Price record player
Fisher Price record player
Add to favourites
Share
Item record
About this image
Related
Location
Category
Museums & Galleries Item
Item no
20769
Title
Fisher Price record player
Description
A plastic record player with turntable and needle arm, with on/off switch. There is a knob on the front of the record player for winding the mechanism. Pictures of leaves, musical notes and birds are engraved on the front and top of the toy. There is a yellow coloured handle on the back of the record player so you can carry it around. Underneath the handle is an open compartment which holds five records. The records are all made of a hard plastic and contain different songs on each side.
Each record is a different colour and contain the following songs: Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Twinkle twinkle little star, Au clair de la lune, London bridge, Oh where has my little dog gone? Camptown races, Children's marching song, Hickory dickory doc and Edelweiss.
Artist / maker
Fisher Price Inc
Date
1987
Size
9 1/4 x 8 1/2 cm
Type
Toy
Location
Museum of Childhood
Accession number
MC1171.2001
Fisher Price is a toy making company that was founded in 1930. The company's approach was to make well made toys that were centered on educational play. The toys are known for their durable materials that are decorated with charming pictures and colours. Since the company began, Fisher price has created thousands of toys. The record player featured here is just one of many musical toys manufactured by the company that was highly popular.
Exhibitions with this item
1980s - Five Decades of Toys (1950-2000)
Other views of this item
Related images
Related subjects
Toys
>
Musical toys
>
Record players
More like this