Tin Toy
date: label: date made
content: 1862
notes: label: Description
content: This jaunty horse-drawn carriage was presented to a little girl in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. When wound with a key, a clockwork mechanism inside the toy turns the back wheels and sends the carriage on its way. The Connecticut manufacturer, George W. Brown & Co., was famous for producing a variety of windup tin toys during the mid-1800s.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Bristol
label: place owned; place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Toys
label: Subject
content: Children
label: Subject
content: Family
label: Subject
content: Gifts & Presents
label: Subject
content: Carriages
label: Subject
content: Horses
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Transportation
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Millicent Todd Bingham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.65.0013
label: catalog number
content: 65.0013
label: accession number
content: 254853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Two-Horse Carriage
label: Object Name
content: carriage, horse-drawn, toy
label: Object Type
content: toys
label: Other Terms
content: Two-Horse Carriage; Toys
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, tinned sheet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 14 in x 2 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 35.56 cm x 5.715 cm