New Exhibit at History Museum
Playing Grown-Up: Toys from the Harry P. Costa Collection

OPENING DATE:  February 14, 2012    ENDING DATE:  December 31, 2012

The San Mateo County History Museum opens a unique exhibit: Playing Grown-Up: Toys from the Harry P. Costa Collection. Playing Grown-Up will explore those toys from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s that allowed children to mimic the activities of adults. Objects highlighted will include an antique pedal car fire truck and airplane, Tonka work trucks, a fully electric 1929 Lionel Stove & Oven, a G-men Fingerprint Set, a “Miss Friday” mechanical doll and a working Lionel train, just to name a few. Objects will be displayed with a backdrop of images that represent the real activities of adults that children were mimicking through play.