1959 Build your own BACKYARD MERRY-GO-ROUND

published in the March 1959 Popular Mechanics magazine

1959 German toy ~ Rock or Roll

From June 1959 Popular Mechanics Magazine

Versatile German Toy Can Rock or Roll

Here's one kind of toy that should keep a toddler from becoming bored.  When he's tired of using the piece of kindergarten equipment as a make-believe car, he can turn it upside-down and use it as a rocking chair.  With some additional parts, it becomes a seesaw or a push toy.  The idea was developed by a refugee from East Germany.