TOY, PULL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FISHER PRICE TURTLE PULL TOY
- Materials
- PLASTIC, WOOD, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P20000010026
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FISHER PRICE TURTLE PULL TOY
- Date
- 1962
- Materials
- PLASTIC, WOOD, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 15.5
- Length
- 22.3
- Width
- 15.1
- Description
- WOOD AND PLASTIC; LOOKS LIKE A TURTLE. SHELL OF TURTLE IS TURQUOISE PLASTIC WITH WHITE AND REDDISH 'SQUIGGLES' ON IT. BASE OF SHELL HAS A WHITE SCALLOPED EDGE ON IT. HEAD AND NECK ARE WOOD, COVERED WITH PAPER; YELLOWISH IN COLOR. PRINTED ON BACK OF HEAD IS "F P", EACH LETTER IN A CIRCLE, ONE RED, ONE BLUE; AND "FISHER PRICE TOYS". PRINTED ON FRONT OF NECK IS "773" "MADE IN U.S.A. '62 FISHER PRICE TOYS EAST AURORA, N.Y.". ON TOP OF HEAD IS A NEON ORANGE, PLASTIC HAT. FRONT OF HEAD HAS A METAL LOOP WITH THE REMNANTS OF A YELLOW PLASTIC CORD IN IT. TOY SITS ON FOUR BLACK, WOOD WHEELS. ATTACHED TO EACH WHEEL IS A NEON ORANGE, PLASTIC FOOT. AS THE TOY IS PULLED, THE FEET TURN TO LOOK LIKE THE TURTLE IS LUMBERING ALONG. A BELL ALSO RINGS WHEN TOY IS PULLED
- Subjects
- TOY
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- TOY NAMED THE TIP TOE TURTLE BY FISHER PRICE. MANUFACTURED FROM 1962 TO 1977. MATERIAL WAS IN DONORS POSSESSION FOR MAX. 5 YEARS. MATERIAL CAME FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES BANK, PRIOR TO DONORS POSSESSION. DONORS COLLECTED MATERIAL WHILE EMPLOYEES AT BANK FOR 6 YEARS, 1990-1996. MATERIAL DONATED AS DONORS CANNOT CARE FOR OR DISPLAY PROPERLY.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000010026
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-08
- Collection
- Museum
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