JOHN LLOYD WRIGHT

Son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Designer of toys, John borrowed a detail he and his father used when building the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan—beams or logs with notched ends that fit together—as a key feature of Lincoln Logs.

Wright’s firm, Red Square Toy Co., first began marketing Lincoln Logs 100 years ago, in 1918.

Wright sold his patent to Playskool in 1943 for $800.

Touted as America’s

National Toy

Interesting playthings typifying the spirit of America.

— THE ORIGINAL LINCOLN LOGS SLOGAN

Lincoln Logs were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Famein 1999.Lincoln Logs peaked in popularityin the 1950s, when shows such as Davy Crockettappeared.