"Monopoly" Shoe Token
date: label: date made
content: 1935-1938
notes: label: Description
content: Die-cast Monopoly token or game piece in the form of a men's unlaced, plain-toe work shoe or boot with lug sole and pull loop; made for the right foot. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to Dowst Manufacturing Co. (also Dowst Bros. and Dowst and Co.), of Chicago, IL, circa 1890 to present (name changed to "Tootsietoy", circa 1924; firm is credited with making the first die-cast toy car in 1911). Made for Parker Brothers, Salem, MA, 1883 to present (although "Monopoly" is now made by Hasbro).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place game made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Salem
label: place token made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.220760.013
label: accession number
content: 220760
label: catalog number
content: 220760.013
objectType: label: Object Name
content: game piece
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 7/8 in x 3/8 in; 1.27 cm x 2.2225 cm x .9525 cm