Toy Automobile

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Object Details

maker

Kenton Hardware Company

Description

This cast iron toy automobile is emblematic of some of the earliest automobiles, often called runabouts that were hardly more than horseless carriages. Emblematic of this early period in automobile history is the driver steering with a tiller rather than a wheel.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Sears, Roebuck and Co., Collection of American Toys

date made

1900 - 1905

ID Number

1971.295669.921

accession number

295669

catalog number

295669.921

Object Name

Toy, Automobile

toy, auto

Other Terms

Toy, Automobile; Toys

Physical Description

iron, cast (overall material)

paint (overall material)

place made

United States: Ohio, Kenton

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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

America on the Move

Transportation

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Toys

Automobiles

electricity

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-c18c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_336198