What holiday gift would you have wished for?

In the years following the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, children could have received any number of fair-themed toys and games. Shown below are some examples advertised in the Montgomery Ward Catalogue & Buyer’s Guide for 1895, the Carl P. Stirn Catalog of 1893, and various newspapers of the era. Which items would you have circled in the White City Wishbook?

Views of the Fair Toys

 

Administration Building Banks

Ferris Wheel toys and puzzles

 

The “Columbus Egg” Puzzle

Jackson Park toy streetcar

Other Columbiana