Vintage Philadelphia ✯ Philly Zoo Key ✯ RARE Teal/Green Version ✯
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:739942 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Uruguay |
America's First Zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo continues to have one of the finest zoological parks in the country.
In the 1960's, they contracted with Audio Systems after seeing and hearing the Talking Storybook System which was installed at the San Francisco Zoo. Bruce Sedley (see pic) with his background in radio technology produced this fun tool to attract families to visit their zoo more often.
Keys were sold at souvenir shops located in the park and the kids&n...bsp; loved to be the first to insert their keys into the books to hear the narration about the animals at their enclosures.
The Philadelphia Zoo had the most prolific variety of keys with different animal shapes and colors.The zoo ended their program, much to the dismay of the public.
These became very collectible and with the recent reintroduction of the Talking Storybook a month ago, even more so.
Vintage keys like the one offered here have been selling for over $100 with all the hoopla over the good news.
I am starting this one out at only $35.
There is a much more common green key which was produced in greater numbers but this teal green key is very, very rare.
It will still work in the new Talking Storybooks.
To learn more about the history of these keys, please visit my Facebook page at ZOO KEYS
Thank you for looking!
🍀 Good Luck! 🍀
In the 1960's, they contracted with Audio Systems after seeing and hearing the Talking Storybook System which was installed at the San Francisco Zoo. Bruce Sedley (see pic) with his background in radio technology produced this fun tool to attract families to visit their zoo more often.
Keys were sold at souvenir shops located in the park and the kids&n...bsp; loved to be the first to insert their keys into the books to hear the narration about the animals at their enclosures.
The Philadelphia Zoo had the most prolific variety of keys with different animal shapes and colors.The zoo ended their program, much to the dismay of the public.
These became very collectible and with the recent reintroduction of the Talking Storybook a month ago, even more so.
Vintage keys like the one offered here have been selling for over $100 with all the hoopla over the good news.
I am starting this one out at only $35.
There is a much more common green key which was produced in greater numbers but this teal green key is very, very rare.
It will still work in the new Talking Storybooks.
To learn more about the history of these keys, please visit my Facebook page at ZOO KEYS
Thank you for looking!
🍀 Good Luck! 🍀
