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2342
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Willard Watson of Deep Gap in Watauga County, a world-renowned maker of wooden folk toys, died September 26, 1994. Watson, whose works are in the Smithsonian Institution, was also an accomplished storyteller and dancer.
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Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N59x), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Jan 1995,
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8821
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Children raised during the Great Depression were sometimes forced to play with home-made toys. That did not matter to them, or course, as home-made toys can be just as much fun as those bought at a store. Today, grandparents raised during the depression years can pass along their knowledge of home-made toys to their grandchildren, as the author did when his young granddaughter made a recent week-long visit. One such depression era toy is the shoebox streetcar. Made out of a shoebox, children can cut out windows, attach a string, and light a candle inside to create a night-time toy that glows in the dark. Children wishing to grow tall like adults may want to create tin-can stilts. These stilts are not as dangerous as those used in the circus, but they still make children feel ten-feet tall. Tying a string to two halves old oatmeal boxes creates a toy telephone while a candle lantern makes for a fun night-time exploration. These toys are not only fun for children, but also teach them a history lesson about life during the Great Depression.
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High atop a hill just off the main thoroughfare of the little mountain city of Tryon, is located one of the most original and interesting enterprises - the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood Carvers. It was after the World War and George W. Vanderbilt's death at Biltmore that the novel industry had its beginning. Miss Eleanor Vance and Miss Charlotte Yale, the originators and owners of the shops, were also originators of the handicraft work of the Biltmore Industries, where they worked for fourteen years. At this shop they not only make toys but teach handicraft, weaving, wood carving, and toy making.
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16130
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In 1915, Miss Charlotte Yale and Miss Eleanor Vance opened the Tryon Toy Shop at Tryon. It operated successfully until the Depression and then a fire which wiped out their equipment and patterns. The business was later taken over by Moss Guilbert in 1949 and later by Chuck Hearon in 1977.
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