Miniature plant
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Ceramic, wire, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 9.5 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Miniature terracotta pot containing wire and paper plant.
Object Number:
INV.9424
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
26024
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature silhouette figurines
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Lead, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 3.8 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Miniature lead silhouette with painted girl with a goat.
Object Number:
INV.9435
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
26023
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 x 8 x 6 1/8 in. ( 5.1 x 20.3 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
Puzzle consisting of twelve wooden cubes with square segment of a colored lithograph glued to each face (making six different puzzle solutions possible); in wooden box covered in paper; print representing one puzzle solution is affixed to lid; three additional prints representing alternate solutions are loose inside.
Object Number:
INV.8087a-q
Marks:
written: in ink on label affixed to underside of box: "Herbert C. Burdick"
Gallery Label:
Two lithographs showing puzzle solutions are catalogued separately, under INV.10284ab.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25971
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Locomotive
Classification:
Date:
1905-1915
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 15.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Black painted cast iron locomotive with brace between tender and cab; first set of tender wheels do not move; front and rear couplers (front coupler above pilot).
Object Number:
Z.246
Gallery Label:
This type of toy locomotive has been categorized by Rick Ralston as "locomotives, integral tender, tall stack, brace between tender and cab, only the drivers move" (see Ralston, p. 154). Attribution based on Ralston, p. 156, no. 634. (See Publications)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1915
eMuseum Object ID:
25970
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coupe
Classification:
Date:
1928-1934
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 4 x 2 in. ( 5.7 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Black painted cast iron two-door coupe with front and rear fenders connected by running board; four open side windows, two open front and rear; cast details include radiator grille and headlights; four solid disk wheels; rivet under back windows.
Object Number:
Z.245
Gallery Label:
Small toys such as this one were popular from the late 1920s to the early 1930s, and were sold for a nickel, dime, or quarter. Also referred to as 'Midgets' (as named by Hubley) and 'N.D.Q. toys.' (See Publications)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
25937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coach
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Iron, aluminum, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 17 x 5 in. ( 16.5 x 43.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Cast iron coach with driver, drawn by team of two horses; black closed four-wheeled carriage with 2 doors delineated by cast detail on sides and elevated seat in front for driver; driver painted silver; 2 lamps, to each side of driver's seat; red wheels and hitch; one black and one white horse.
Object Number:
INV.4516
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ice truck
Classification:
Date:
1931
Medium:
Iron, nickel, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 in. × 8 1/2 in. × 4 in. (7.6 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm)
Description:
Cast iron ice truck, painted blue; high hood and running boards at sides facing truck bed; step up to truck bed, with railing all along sides; cab with 2 side windows, narrow front window, and back window; details such as grilles, trademark, etc. cast on body, painted gold; nickel-plated wheels.
Credit Line:
Gift of Wilmer R. Leech
Object Number:
1968.46d
Marks:
cast: on each door of cab: "Mack"
painted: below cast inscription on right side door of cab: "AN/ARCADE/TOY"
stencilled: on each side of truck bed: "I C E"
printed: on scrap of paper affixed to front bumper: "[illeg.] 171"
stamped: on underside of tru
Gallery Label:
Arcade manufactured a line of Mack series trucks during the 1920s and 1930s. This ice truck would have originally been sold with ice tongs and glass "ice" (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1931
eMuseum Object ID:
25930
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Gasoline truck
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Iron, nickel, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 5 x 2 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Cast iron gasoline truck, painted green; roof of cab curves over top, not attached at front; small window of cab faces tank; high hood, running boards at sides; rounded tank attached at back behind cab, with two spigots at very back; details such as grilles, panels, etc. cast on body; nickel-plated wheels.
Credit Line:
Gift of Wilmer R. Leech
Object Number:
1968.46b
Marks:
cast: on each side of truck: "GASOLINE"
Gallery Label:
A similar, but much larger truck (no. 142) is pictured in Lillian Gottschalk, American Motortoys (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
25929
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Paper, cardboard, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Part (prints in box): 6 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 1/2 in. (17.5 x 21 x 1.3 cm)
Description:
Set of 12 distorted lithographs colored in with ink or water color, designed so as to create a correct reflection in a metal cylinder; prints and cylinder are housed in separate cardboard boxes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Sydney H. Carney, Jr.
Object Number:
1932.136a-p
Marks:
handwritten: in black on reverse of each lithograph: "Sydney H. Carney, Jr./ Lowell, Mass, 1873-75"; also a description of each lithograph
printed: on box of lithographs: "LES/ANAMORPHOSES/JULLIEN/ EDITEUR"
printed: on lower left corner of lithograph of
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25890
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Historioscope
Classification:
Date:
1865-1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 21 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Cardboard box with window cut in top to reveal a series of views that are printed on a long strip of paper housed on two spools and rotated with cranks; views are polychrome representations of important scenes and events in American history; the top of the box around the window is printed to look like a theater; an eight page script and packet of tiny admission tickets accompanying the panorama.
Object Number:
INV.7918
Marks:
printed: on admission tickets: "HISTORIOSCOPE/ADMIT ONE/[dividing line]/Proprietor"
printed: on script: "Historioscope Lecture/LADIES & GENTLEMEN: Owing to a severe and sudden indisposition,/Prof. Easelpalette is unable to appear before you at this time,
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25889
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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