American-type Locomotive Model, without Tender

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified

Luce Center Label

Model trains made of lead or tin became popular after the transcontinental railroad line was finished in 1869. The triangular metal fixture on the front of this model locomotive is called a cowcatcher, which was used to push cows off the tracks when the train was unable to stop.

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Date

ca. 1860s-1880s

Object number

1986.65.335A-B

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Sculpture

Folk Art

Medium

carved and painted wood with fabric and metal

Dimensions

11 7/8 x 28 1/2 x 8 in. (30.2 x 72.4 x 20.3 cm.)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

On View

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27B

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Architecture\vehicle\train

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7212ab649-ead0-41bb-8ec0-d5cc9cdef29b

Record ID

saam_1986.65.335A-B