Arco “Mickey Mouse” toy cellphone: Museum Object and Cultural History
Arco “Mickey Mouse” toy cellphone: date made: ca 1985. Object Name: toy telephone. Measurements: overall: 10 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.89 cm.
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Arco “Mickey Mouse” toy cellphone. Non-electric mechanical operation. Raising the antenna makes eyes move, pushing the orange bar makes roller rotate, pushing the number pad rings bell. A slide switch on the side does not seem to actuate anything. Molded on back: “©Disney” and “Arco / China”. Printed on roller: “Minnie”, “Mickey”, and “Donald”.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1985
- Object Name: toy telephone
- Measurements: overall: 10 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number: 2015.0244.07
- accession number: 2015.0244
- catalog number: 2015.0244.07
- Credit Line: from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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