Christmas Toy Set, 1953
These days, when Christmas rolls around, children always seem to want the most up to date iPhone or computer game. Long gone are the days when they longed for old fashioned and wholesome toys!
And this pic of old-fashioned dolls and toy sets really makes us all feel so nostalgic for these long forgotten and simpler times. This array of potential Christmas presents looks like something out of a movie, but really, it’s just from a general store in 1953.
Those were the days!
Wojtek, c. 1944
This bear isn’t any ordinary bear, his name is Wojtek which means “Joyful Warrior” and he took part in combat during World War II, becoming a war hero.
Polish II Corps stumbled upon the orphaned bear cub in Iran and to provide for his rations and transportation, he was enlisted as a soldier with the rank of private and then he was promoted to corporal. During that time, he lifted heavy crates of ammunition on his back and after the war, he made the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland his home.