Antique Toy Collection

La Porte County Historical Society

Welcome to our new website and web address: www.laportecountyhistory.org. New Museum building now open to the public. Museum hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 - 4:30.

Antique Toy Collection

One of the strengths of the La Porte County Historical Society's museum collection is its large representation of children's toys from the late 1800's.

Dolls
An entire display case is devoted to a grouping of dolls,
several of them made in France by Armand Marseilles.

Toys

Doll Houses
Girls were in early training for keeping house by playing with miniature examples of the stoves, utensils, irons, and other items that their mothers were using in the household. Two dollhouses are also on display at the museum.

Toys
On Sundays children were allowed to play only with Biblical theme toys,
and a wooden Noah's Ark complete with animals was one of the most popular.

La Porte County Historical Society Museum
2405 Indiana Avenue, Suite 1
La Porte, IN 46350
Tel: 219/324-6767
Fax: 219/324-9029

Admission Charge: La Porte County Adult Residents $3
Out-of-county Adult Residents $5
Children/Students 12-17 $3
Commercial bus tour participants $3

Children under 12, La Porte County Historical Society, Inc. members
Time Traveler affiliates, School Tours FREE

OPEN TO PUBLIC
Tuesday thru Saturday
10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M
Handicapped accessible

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