Plastic Americana: The Boys, 1940s/50s

            American WWII Toy Soldiers made of Hard Rubber, natural rubber hardened by the vulcanization process. Not the ones made of Polyethylene plastic I used to play with in the early 1970s. 
   

Taken on: April 16, 2005

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Sets appears in: • Plastics in the 20th Century – post WWII • Toys and Games

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Camera: Sony DSC-R1, f/16.0, 0.3 sec, 39mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-R1
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.3
Focal Length:	39mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	+2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Tungsten (Incandescent)
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
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