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...door was posted a thin, erect policeman, looking like one of the tin soldiers off the toy shelf. He munched on a donut as he serenely contemplated the war of all against...

Author: By Ellen Lake, | Title: BARGAIN-HUNTERS BATTLE DURING DR SALE | 1/22/1964 | See Source »

...TOYS BY ARTISTS-Parsons, 24 West 57th. A grab bag from Santa's other helpers: a black-coiffed, sad-eyed Marisol Doll by Marisol; a block-toy chess set by George Ortman; William King's Pop guns; Lanny Powers' alphabet blocks, in which M stands for Marilyn Monroe. Among the playful creative elves: Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Alexander Calder, Richard Lindner, Richard Anuszkiewicz. Through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Art in New York: Jan. 3, 1964 | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

...purchases were made by phone or by friends, and on Christmas morning all was ready. Spying his gifts beneath a 12-ft. tree, John-John tore into them without further ceremony, and the room was soon abuzz and awhir with the sounds of a helicopter, some airplanes and a toy boat. Somewhat more sedately, Caroline opened presents described by a family friend as "girl's toys," plus a bright red fire engine from Lucy Baines Johnson. From King Hassan of Morocco, whom she visited in October, Jackie accepted a century-old stone house in Marrakech, complete with servants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Women: Three Widows | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

Only till Midnight. Ironically, Communism's grudging Christmas present to West Berlin seems to have originated in the toy factory of Nikita Khrushchev, who resembles Santa Claus only in shape. Chilled by the reception East Germans gave him last summer at the Wall, and aware that the spirit of détente had not yet thawed the frozen pivotal point in East-West relations, Khrushchev talked East German Boss Walter Ulbricht into opening negotiations for the Christmas visits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Berlin: The Hole in the Wall | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

...most startling toy in the show was contributed not by a painter or sculptor but by a musician. Joe Jones, 29, is an unknown composer- whose seemingly playful intention is to get a head in music. He has done it with a $250 hat, atop which stands a skeletal drummer and a ghostly dancer. When the hat is pulled down tight, the drummer's eyes light up and he begins a rhythmic tattoo, while the dancer follows his every beat. Prices or "playfulness" notwithstanding, Santa's North Pole helpers were never like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Toys in the Gallery | 12/20/1963 | See Source »

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