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Ragtime Rastus. 1915 Phonograph Dancing Toy Attachment:
$92.00
The early talking machine (phonograph) toys were attached to the turntable of a phonograph and were activated by the record being played on the phonograph.\'Ragtime Rastus\' dancers were loose jointed wooden figures that would dance on top of a revolving turntable. See U-Tube demo.
Our Rastus was packed away in 1919 when the last child left for college and the parents moved to a small apartment. I just unpacked Rastus yesterday.
