The Duck was made before plastic but of a similiar material - they also used to make kewpie dolls from it in the 30's. It was very fragile. Mom said she paid a nickle for it in Woolworths in 1934.
One day when I was fighting with my brother four years older - he smashed it.
He also spent my five Indian head pennies on a popsickle. So I told dad he was smoking corn silk. We both got no dinner
and sent to bed. My brother climbed out the window and pulled carrots from the garden for us to eat. We ate a lot of carrots...