Animal Fair Gopher 17 Plush Stuffed Animal By George Grooms withTag Vintage Rare
This 17 plush with its original paper tag represents a piece of toy history. George Grooms of the Animal Fair toy factory of Chanhassen, Minnesota developed the first version of. The University of Minnesota's sports mascot while working for Collegiate Manufacturing. He went on to develop his own line of plush toys under the Animal Fair label. This 17 gopher is one of his hard-to-find stuffed toys dating to the 1960s to early 1970s. Visit our Cool Vintage Finds Store.