Figure 1.--Thhis is Gunter, a boy in Graz, Austria during 1903. He looks to be about 5 years old. He is pictured with a great toy train. IT probbly was not his, but a studio prop. It is not an electric trin But a man named Lionel in Ameiuca wa working on one. .

We have very little informtiuon specifuically on Austrian play, but suspect it would be similar to Germany. Outdoor play would have involved many of the same games that were popular in Europe. Each country has its own traditional children's games. Austria, in central Europe, also has a variety of children's games similar to tyhose in germany abd other central European countries. many are quite similar with different names. Some example are: third player tag, two country ball game, snap ball, eisstokschießen, eating chocolstes (Schokoladenessen), number game (Ein, Zwei, Drei … Halt!), and statue tag. Austria is noted for its craft shops with porcelin, glass, and wood carving. Porcelin and glass do not do well with children, but dois were done with porcelin faces. There were several important doll makers. Wood carvers on the other hnd created a range of toys. One popular wood toy was pupets. There were all kinds of wooden toys and still are. Some are very basic, ideal for very young children. We are not sure sure about toy manufctyers and have few details. Nor do we have infomation on manufactuers yet. We suspect that some of the more industrial toys like toy trains may have been imported from Germany. they tend to be more expensive than many toys hich of course affected the income level of the families that could ffirf them. . We notice some automatans. The snow globe was invented in Austria. since world War II, toys for boys have involved more and more eledtronics. We know boys have taken to these toys, we are not sure to what extent Austrian coimpanies hve created these toys.

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