Bestoys Blackboards - c1958-1985
Blackboards - green boards, chalkboards - call them what you will - are the very basic necessity of any manufacturer of wooden toys and Bestoys has always had 1, 2 or 3 and up to 6 on offer. This page lists all of those illustrated in the Bestoys catalogues from 1959 to 1983 but one type of blackboard or another had been produced before and after those dates.
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Blackboard No 2
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c1958-c1972
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Easel Height: 40"
Board: 24" x 18" |
Easel: 1" dressed radiata pine, unpainted
Board: Hardboard sprayed with 1 coat of lead-free blackboard paint - attached to easel Packed 6 per bundle |
Blackboard No 2 from Bestoys 1959 catalogue
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Blackboard No 3
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c1958-c1972
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Easel Height: 36"
Board: 20" x 16" |
Easel: 1" dressed radiata pine, unpainted
Board: Hardboard sprayed with 1 coat of lead-free blackboard paint - attached to easel Packed 6 per bundle |
Blackboard No 3 from Bestoys 1963 catalogue
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Large Blackboard
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c1958-1985
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Easel Height: 45"
Board: 25" x 19" Duster attached |
Easel: 1" dressed radiata pine, unpainted
Board: Hardboard sprayed with 1 coat of lead-free blackboard paint inside ¾" frame of unpainted dressed radiata pine - detached from easel Packed 6 easels per bundle plus 6 blackboards per bundle |
Large Blackboard from Bestoys 1959 catalogue
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Double Blackboard
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c1958-1982
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Easel Height: 45"
Board: 25" x 19" Duster attached |
Easel: 1" dressed radiata pine, unpainted
Board: 2 panels of hardboard sprayed with 1 coat of lead-free blackboard paint - one black the other green - inside ¾" frame of unpainted dressed radiata pine - detached from easel Packed 6 easels per bundle plus 6 blackboards per bundle |
Double Blackboard from Bestoys 1959 catalogue
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Time Teacher Blackboard
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1970-1985
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Easel Height: 40"
Board: 24" x 18" Silk-screened with yellow clock face, numbers and alphabet
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Easel: 1" dressed radiata pine, unpainted
Board: Hardboard sprayed with 1 coat of lead-free blackboard paint - attached to easel Packed 6 per bundle |
"Time Teacher" Blackboard from Bestoys 1970 catalogue
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Blackboard No 2 - Time Teacher
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1973-1985
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Easel Height: 40"
Board: 24" x 18" |
Easel: 1" dressed radiata pine, unpainted
Board: Hardboard sprayed with 1 coat of lead-free blackboard paint - attached to easel Packed 6 per bundle |
"Time Teacher" - No 2 Blackboard from Bestoys 1973 catalogue
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"Squirrel" Blackboard
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1970-1983
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Board: 24" x 18"
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Easel: Wall board - no easel
Board: 3/16" hardboard sprayed with 1 coat of lead-free blackboard paint, silk-screened in 2 colours Packed 12 per bundle |
"Squirrel" Blackboard from Bestoys 1973 catalogue
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"Bozo" Blackboard
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1970-c1977
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Easel Height: 36"
Board: 36" x 18" |
Easel: 1" dressed radiata pine, unpainted hinged leg
Board: 5/16" hardboard sprayed with 1 coat of lead-free blackboard paint, silk-screened in 2 colours - attached to easel Packed 6 per bundle |
"Bozo" Blackboard from Bestoys 1973 catalogue
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Double Sided Magnetic Chalkboard
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1983-1985
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Easel Height: 45"
Board: 25" x 19" |
Easel: 1" dressed radiata pine, unpainted
Board: Hardboard sprayed with 1 coat of lead-free blackboard paint inside ¾" frame of unpainted dressed radiata pine - detached from easel Packed 6 easels per bundle plus 6 blackboards per bundle |
Double Sided Magnetic Chalkboard from Bestoys "New for 1983" pamphlet
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Links to other Bestoys Items with Blackboards
Vintage Blackboard 'finds'
"Bozo" Blackboard - 1970-c1977
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Found on Heath's Old Wares and Collectables of Burringbar, NSW
https://www.heathsoldwares.com.au/ Advertised for $230 on Saturday, 18th June, 2011 While a little younger than the late 1960s, Bozo was produced between 1970 and 1977. 
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"Bozo" Blackboard from Heath's Old Wares and Collectables at Burringbar NSW
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