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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2011.374.3  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Bonnie Bouncers by The Sponge Rubber Products Co., Derby
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2011.374.3 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Bonnie Bouncers by The Sponge Rubber Products Co., Derby

MediumPaper, rubber
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionDisplay box containing 34 "Bonnie Bouncer" sponge balls. The box is made of paper/cardboard and shows image of a red ball surrounded by a young boy and girl playing with the bouncing balls against a blue background. The top of the box reads, "THE BONNIE BOUNCER Sponge Ball / WATCH IT BOUNCE!". The front of the box reads, "BONNIE BOUNCERS / The Liveliest Ball Made".

Each of the sponge rubber balls is red-orange in color and reads, "BONNIE BOUNCER / THE SPONGE RUBBER PRODUCTS CO. DERBY, CONN."
Object number2011.374.3
MarkingsMark on side of box reads, "MADE BY / THE SPONGE RUBBER PRODUCTS CO. / DERBY, CONN. / MADE IN U.S.A.".
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Michelle Gavens, Andrew Gavens, and Lee Gavens, 2024.9.15, Connecticut Museum of Cultur…
    Innovative Imprints
    2001
    Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collection, 2015.196.1026.1, Connecticut Historical …
    Ivelisse Pabón de Landrón
    c. 2012
    Sewing Box
    Albert G. Walker
    1858
    Gift of Mrs. Richard Koopman and Mrs. Bernard Schiro, 1980.87.2.1  © 2008 The Connecticut Histo…
    Lewis Fox family
    1875-1900
    Coffee Mill
    Landers, Frary, and Clark
    1901-1925
    Dress
    Kittie Holcombe
    about 1892
    Basketball Game and Original Box
    Baldwin Manufacturing Co. Inc.
    1940s
    The Skaters.
    D. W. Kellogg & Co.
    1830-1840
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1995.46.0a-b, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History c…
    A. C. Gilbert Company
    c. 1923