Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

MODEL BOX

Date

1966

Materials

CARDBOARD, PAPER

No. Pieces

2

Height

8.4

Length

28.1

Width

12.8

Description

1. LID: BROWN CARDBOARD BOX HAS GREEN PAPER COVER ADVERTISING THE MODEL. THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE LID HAS A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF A CAR AND READS "'32 DUESENBERG SPORT PHAETON ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES". BESIDE THIS IS A RED SQUARE WITH "'66" WRITTEN IN WHITE AND OUTLINED BY BLACK. TO THE RIGHT OF THIS IS "DUESENBERG" IN WHITE WITH BLACK OUTLINES AND THEN IN BLACK "MODEL VERSION OF A GREAT CLASSIC CAR" AND THEN IN BLACK ITALICS IS "A REVIVAL BY RENWAL" WITH RENWAL BEING WHITE WITH BLACK OUTLINE. ACROSS THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE BOX IS A PICTURE OF THE CAR IN GOLD WITH CHROME FINISHING, A BROWN SOFT TOP, AND RED TIRE CENTERS. IN A BLACK BOX IT READS "ADVANCE SHOWING" ON THE LEFT, AND ON THE RIGHT IN BLACK ITALICS IT READS "ASSEMBLY KIT" AND IN BLOCK UNDERNEATH "SIZE: 1/25". ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LENGTH OF THE BOX IT READS "ADVANCE SHOWING '66 DUESENBERG MODERN VERSION OF A GREAT CLASSIC CAR A REVIVAL BY RENWAL" IN BLACK, WHITE, RED, AND BLUE IN ITALICS AT THE END. THE BOTTOM OF THE SIDE HAS THE SAME PICTURE OF THE CAR WITH A GREEN BACKGROUND AND READS TO THE TOP LEFT "NO. 103:198". ONE SIDE OF THE LENGTH OF THE BOX HAS A PICTURE OF THE CAR ON THE LEFT WITH A DIAGRAM STATING THE FEATURES OF THE MODEL AND READS "STYLING BY EXNER" ON THE BOTTOM LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT "MADE IN U.S.A." THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS END OF THE BOX DESCRIBES THE MODEL. THE OPPOSITE SIDE ADVERTISES OTHER MODELS BY STATING "WHERE ARE THE GREAT CLASSIC CARS OF THE PAST? THEY'RE HERE IN GREAT NEW VERSIONS!" IN BLACK AND THEN RED INK. IT THEN ADVERTISES A '66 STUTZ, '66 PACKARD, AND '66 MERCER. THE COMPANY LOGO THEN READS "RENWAL PRODUCTS INC. QUALITY IS LONG REMEMBERED! MINEOLA, N.Y." THE CARS ARE PICTURED ON THIS SIDE WITH A BRIGHT YELLOW, DANDELION YELLOW AND THEN BLUE BACKGROUND FOR EACH. THE PAPER THAT THIS IS ALL PRINTED ON IS FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE LID JUST OVER 1CM AROUND. THE PAPER IS WORN ON ALL EDGES AND HAS SOME FOLDS IN VARIOUS PLACES, THE CARDBOARD IS ALSO CREASED IN SOME PLACES. THERE IS A TEAR IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. 2. BOTTOM: BROWN CARDBOARD BOTTOM HAS REINFORCED EDGES WITH TAPE WRAPPED AROUND FOUR EDGES. THE BOX HAS SOME BUCKLING OF THE LENGTH SIDES. ARE ALSO SOME CREASES IN THE BOX, AND IS WEARING AND SEPERATING ALONG THE TOP EDGE. THERE IS SOME SURFACE DIRT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX. THE TAPE IS TEARING AWAY IN ONE CORNER.

Subjects

MERCHANDISING T&E

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

SAME HISTORY AS P19940014001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P19940014007

Acquisition Date

1994-04

Collection

Museum

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