Toy car set used by child on the Kindertransport

Object | Accession Number: 2000.264.9 a-g

Overview

Date: use: before 1938
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Ney

Classification: Toys
Category: Miniature objects
Object Type: Electric toys (lcsh)
Physical Description: Toy car set that includes five pieces of track [a-e], one electric car [f], and one gas station [f]
Dimensions: a: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
b: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
c: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 3.690 inches (9.373 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
d: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
e: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
f: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm)
g: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 3.370 inches (8.56 cm) | Depth: 3.120 inches (7.925 cm)
Materials: overall : metal, paint, paper, plastic

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The toy car set was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Peter Ney.