From The Canadian Educator for Home and School Use, Vol 3. Toronto: The Iroquois Press, 1929.
I have to confess--I'm not sure what the images are that correspond to the letters g, n and v (vehicle, voiture?). I guess that Canadian students in 1929 would have known this right away.
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Intriguing items. Permit me a stab at naming them in reverse alphabetical order:
v: van
n: nosegay -- a small bunch of flowers
g: gun -- as in 'popgun'. I know that must seem a bit of a stretch, especially from the perspective of today's political climate, but see this item:
http://www.finewoodentoys.com/pro1417171.html
If the pictured 'g' object is not a popgun, then I'm stumped.
By George, I think you've got it! Are you, perchance, a time traveler?
Don't I wish.
I'd launch myself clear back to when a working man could afford beer and smokes.
V for van seems likely, but what is that thing for T?
'Top' or 'toy' possibly, as in 'toy spinning top'.
And I just noticed that there's no 'x' or 'y'.
The letters X and Y didn't become legal in Canada until 1932.
Hmmm. Methinks The Duke may be having us on there. Here are alternative theories to explain the absence of the two letters:
x: The Xerox machine hadn't been invented yet.
y: y's status as a 'sometimes consonant/sometimes vowel' made it suspect of perverse behaviour, unbecoming to a Canadian classroom.
He's got you there, Duke... give the man a xylophone...
Why?
T is a Toy Top...
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