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Description: | This shop window display at Hamley's, 200-202 Regent Street, shows an array of dolls, toys and games. The hanging lights identify the shop.
Hamley's was founded in 1760 in High Holborn, and called Noah's Ark. After several changes of premises, it moved into these in 1906.
Inventors of games often came first to Hamley's to see if it would sell their inventions. A new game called Cossima was brought to the attention of the shop. It became popular in spite of its name, which was changed to Ping Pong in 1901, when it was patented by J Jaques and Son Limited. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Sport & General/ Alpha Press | Subjects: | Leisure Cityscape | Temporal: | circa 1923 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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