Brio Spelling and Counting Board
date: label: date made
content: 1973-1975
name: label: maker
content: BRIO
notes: label: Description
content: This educational toy is a large, round, reversible number and letter board. The outer rim is painted yellow with a red center. There are no illustrations on the board. Four metal "bridges" or supports on each side provide stability and are original to the board. This spelling and counting board was manufactured by the Brio ABC Company.
label: Description
content: Brio was founded in 1884 by Ivar and Sissa Persdotter. They started out as only selling woodchip baskets by 1907 they were producing 170 different products, included the company’s first toy called the Osby Horse. In 1908 the company ownership was transferred to Ivar and Sissa’s three sons Viktor, Aton, and Emil and the company officially became known as Brio; Brio is an acronym for the Ivarsson brothers of Osby. The company is international in distribution though they still produces a wide variety of toys in Sweden. By 2000, they were the largest producer of wooden toys in the world. The company also produces baby gear such as high chairs and carriages and markets their catalogues to daycares and preschools.
label: Description
content: Websites: http://www.brio.net/our-company/history, http://www.brio.net/our-company
label: Description
content: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/brio-ab-history/
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Sweden
topic: label: used
content: Education
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.061
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.061
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spelling and counting board
label: Object Type
content: educational toys
label: Object Type
content: educational toys
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.3 cm x 36.4 cm; 1 5/16 in x 14 11/32 in