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Put to the test: Toy store owner Lillian Starasts checks out a Brio wooden train set, one of the recommended playthings in the 1990 Toy Report
Put to the test: Toy store owner Lillian Starasts checks out a Brio wooden train set, one of the recommended playthings in the 1990 Toy Report

Put to the test: Toy store owner Lillian Starasts checks out a Brio wooden train set, one of the recommended playthings in the 1990 Toy Report

Date10/20/1989
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  • Put to the test: Toy store owner Lillian Starasts checks out a Brio wooden train set; one of the recommended playthings in the 1990 Toy Report.
  • Put to the test: Toy store owner Lillian Starasts checks out a Brio wooden train set, one of the recommended playthings in the 1990 Toy Report
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Original Toronto Star caption: Put to the test: Toy store owner Lillian Starasts checks out a Brio wooden train set; one of the recommended playthings in the 1990 Toy Report.
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