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"The Harvard Parlor Rowing Machine" -- Gym Equipment for Children

Leominster, Massachusetts: W.S. Reed Toy Co, 1890s? An advertising leaflet for "The Harvard Parlor Rowing Machine", marketed as "The BEST TOY for EXERCISE and SPORT EVER MADE". Manufactured by W.S. Reed Toy Co. of Massachusetts. Features illustration of a young boy using the machine on the front. Promoted at a time when gym equipment was increasingly being moved indoors. Measures approx. 3.25" by 6.5". Pencil notes from a history class on verso. Very good. Minor dust soiling.

Price: $100.00

Item #26009003