G E Seeing Spinner

[birdman]

Found this in my yard about three months ago and was wondering the age and history .It's about the size of a half dollar. I would think 50s or 60s give away toy but it would be cool to know for sure. Thanks and HH

 

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[dg39]

Probably 1950's. I did a serch on GE toys or adv. items and found nothing. But there are similar items out there.
DG

 

[trikikiwi]

Nice find birdman.
I like simple items which can teach so much.

Cheers, Mike

 

[Red-Coat]

Just tidying up some blasts from the past (including some very ancient ones), largely for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

Cool find. Note that the ‘GE’ monogram in the centre, next to the light bulb, is the trademark for the General Electric company.

They’ve used the same monogram since 1900 so that doesn’t help much with dating but these spinners were promotional giveaways and are said to be from the post-war 1940s.