a. Box. Made of cardboard covered in pink and black patterned paper. On the lid is a small blue label with the following information 'THE / BANKSIDE / PEG BOARD / WITH 144 PEGS / IN FOUR ASSORTED COLOURS. ' It also has the makers name and 'F. P. ROGERS' stamped in black ink. Inside the base of the box two pieces of three ply have been placed diagonally to divide it into four sections for the pegs. b. The board is a piece of nine ply with faint grooves along the top dividing it into 144 squares. A hole has been drilled in approximately the centre of each square to hold the peg. The top of the board is varnished. c. The pegs. There are 143 in total, 34 red, 36 green, 37 blue, and 36 yellow. The pegs are wider at the top to enable them to sit in the holes in the board. They are cylindrical in shape. The toys were used by Miss Frances Rogers. Miss Rogers, born on 19 Oct 1904, went to Teacher's College in 1930 and joined the Education Department of W.A. in 1934. Between 1934 and her retirement in 1967, she taught at various country schools, took special classes for deaf and dumb children in Mosman Park, and classes for mentally and physically disabled children in Leederville. She also made and purchased a large collection of puppets which were used as teaching aids. These are accessioned under numbers H88/613 to H89/307 (not inclusive).
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H1989.350 |
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| Accession Date: | 25 May 1989 |
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Material
| Varnish/Natural Resin | Plywood, wood, cardboard, paper, sticky tape, varnish.
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Measurement
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