{"id":920,"date":"2013-12-03T20:26:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T04:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2023-08-30T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T23:23:41","slug":"920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=920","title":{"rendered":"The toy libraries of San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_922\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/toylibraryNARA.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-922\" data-attachment-id=\"922\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=922\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/toylibraryNARA.jpg?fit=263%2C361\" data-orig-size=\"263,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"toylibraryNARA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Children await the opening of a new toy library. National Archives.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/toylibraryNARA.jpg?fit=263%2C361\" class=\"size-full wp-image-922 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/toylibraryNARA.jpg?resize=263%2C361\" alt=\"Children await the opening of a new toy library. National Archives.\" width=\"263\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/toylibraryNARA.jpg?w=263 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/toylibraryNARA.jpg?resize=218%2C300 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children await the opening of a new toy library. National Archives.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Christmas day every day in San Diego. Toys every day for children to whom the real Christmas has never meant a thing. That is the purpose of San Diego toy loan libraries.<\/em> &#8211;San Diego Union, August 13, 1939.<\/p>\n<p>A federal government success story: toy libraries for children during the Great Depression. <strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Toy-Loan-Libraries.pdf\">Toy Loan Libraries<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D920&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas day every day in San Diego. Toys every day for children to whom the real Christmas has never meant a thing. That is the purpose of San Diego toy loan libraries. &#8211;San Diego Union, August 13, 1939. A federal government success story: toy libraries for children during the Great Depression. 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