Summary

Toy metal pram, with moveable wheels and hood. There is a 'Strong Product' label on the underside. This company possibly was run out of Sydney in the 1950s, as evidenced from job advertisements at the time (The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 9 November 1950, p. 28). This toy pram therefore possibly dates to around the 1940s and 1950s.

Part of a dolls' house, built around 1920 by Neil McArthur for his much younger half-sister Elizabeth (Beth) Twycross, born in 1917. Neil made the doll's house out of found materials including cigar boxes; he also made many of the furnishings in the doll's house. Some of the contents of the doll's house may date back to the 1860s, played with by ancestor Charlotte Twycross; most date to either the 1920s or the 1940s-50s. In the early 1950s the donor was given the spruced-up doll's house as a birthday present by her parents. In later years her own daughter later added items, although she wasn't allowed to play due to its fragility.

Physical Description

Metal pram. Body painted blue with slight losses on edges. Hood painted cream, with losses and yellow staining, perhaps spilt varnish. Interior and four wheels painted silver, with losses. Handle attached to end. Makers mark on underside of pram.

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