Backyard Things That Are Fun To Build -- scans

By at 1:01 pm Friday, Jun 15

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Dave says:
These are scans from a favorite childhood book (c. 1958) full of projects to build. It may be worth noting that I never actually built any of them, but I spent many happy hours pondering the implications.

So far I've only scanned the cover and my 2 favorite projects, but it's enough to give you the flavor of the book. Note the lovely ink-wash renderings, and the excellent "Boy's Life" language: "swell!", "fellas", etc.

Used copies of Backyard Things That Are Fun to Build are going on Amazon for $3.50. Link

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