Dumpster in a bag










There were several smaller boxes containing different tests.


The four wide and thin boxes contained drawings to be assembled.






The largest box held a picture arrangement test.






8 thoughts on “Dumpster in a bag”

  1. About the colored blocks: Probably in the testing books (or elsewhere), there would be various diagrams of the blocks. The person who was being tested would manipulate the blocks to be the same as in the diagram. What this tells the tester, I don’t know, but it probably has to do with frustration levels! Just kidding!!! But, maybe not! Seriously, it is probably testing cognitive skills and manual dexterity. There is probably some scale that coordinates with it.

  2. The colored blocks are design blocks made by the Embossing Company of Albany, NY. They were marketed as a developmental toy but quilt makers seem to like them, too. In Google images, type “vintage design blocks embossing albany” to see lots of examples. They’re pretty collectable, I think.

  3. The WISC is, I’d say, one of the two major intelligence tests for children (the Stanford-Binet being the other). Both are now in their fifth editions, and both have gotten a lot more complicated over the years.

    The various kits (Object Assembly, Block Design, Picture Arrangement) are for different WISC Performance IQ subtests, as opposed to Verbal IQ. Again, though, there aren’t just Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQs in the WISC V.

    I’d be surprised if there wasn’t at least some interest out there in the set as you found it. If not, as KerryCan notes, the blocks are cool and should generate some interest in their own right.

  4. You find such interesting things! Wonder if those people had the later editions of the IQ test too? Great button collection!

    I can’t imagine paying $40. for the dumpster bag and then paying $100. to get it hauled away – unless they had to clear the house out in a real hurry!

  5. A while back, the person who makes those Bagsters was on the CBC TV show “Dragon’s Den” pitching his company for investment.

    It’s wonderful to ponder how things were. I’m so glad you’re interested in such things. 🙂

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