Item LL 78447.3 Marble - Glass, circa 1880

Summary

This blue glass marble was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003.

'When I was a child, we played in the street with hoops; we played hopscotch, and chasey, and cowboys and Indians, running right round the blocks and that. We even played marbles too.' (Marie Hayes, born and raised in Little Lon 1920-1940)

To the children who lived there, Little Lon was home. The streets and lanes were their playground - for tossing knucklebones, flicking marbles or chasing over the cobblestones. Their chants and laughter were part of the sounds of Little Lon.

Physical Description

This is a blue glass marble with opaque glass swirls.

Physical Description

Description for Parent Record: includes four marbles, three with opaque glass swirls, one large glass marble.