Girls of course needed a pram to cart their dolls around. Boys had waggons (wagen) to cart all their treasures around. Girls wanted a little more sophisticated conveyance for their dollies. Girls wanted a conveyance that looked like a baby pram, just like the one their mothers used. The German term for a toy pram is Puppenwagen, meaning doll waggon. A real pram is a Kinderwagen. We are not sure when the first Puppenwagen was built. We so not see others in our snall collectioin of 19th century German portraits. We see many examples in the 20th century. They were done in a number of different styles and in different sizes.
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