Animal Fair Gopher 17" Plush Stuffed Animal By George Grooms w/Tag Vintage Rare

Description

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
Goldy Gopher,
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
Super cute collectible
No odors
Sold as shown, see photos
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