Museum Collections
Luce Center
Set of plastic buildings and cast metal wrench
Object Number:
Z.1532a-qq
Date:
1920-1960
Medium:
Plastic, cardboard, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 2 x 2 in. ( 3.5 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on one side of box: "USED IN CRAFT WORK/FOR REINFORCING/AND BINDING/Dennison Mfg. Co./FRAMINGHAM, MASS., U.S.A."
printed: on top of box, faded: "[illeg.] GUMMED [illeg.]/MENDING/TAPE"
printed: on other side of box, faded: "FOR MENDING/AND BINDI
Description:
Set of molded plastic buildings and other structures, including two cathedrals, two mansions, three water towers, three blocks of houses, one office building or part of a shopping mall, two arches, two gazebos, and other smaller houses or blocks of houses; some pieces are hollow, with interiors exposed; also contains cast metal representation of wrench; in cardboard box covered in red shiny paper, with outer shell, sliding.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





