Object Details
maker
Kenton Hardware Company
Description
The Kenton Hardware Company of Kenton, Ohio made this cast-iron toy truck during the 1920s. The red truck has wooden barrels in its rear bed, and the word “Speed” in raised letters on the side. Kenton was one of the major manufacturers of cast iron toys, and auto-related toys were one of their big sellers. Originally called the Kenton Lock Manufacturing Co., this Ohio firm made its first cast iron toy (a bank) in 1893. Kenton began making toy cars in 1903.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Sears, Roebuck and Co., Collection of American Toys
ID Number
1971.295669.416
catalog number
295669.416
accession number
295669
Object Name
toy, truck, pickup
Other Terms
Toy, Truck, with Driver and Barrels; Toy
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
Trucks
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_336032