Channel 2 toy: Museum Object and Cultural History
Channel 2 toy: date made: 1970 - 1979. Object Name: toy. Physical Description: wood; string (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This wooden toy with wheels is made in the shape of a "2." There is a string at the front with a wooden ball at the end. The Boston-area public broadcasting company WGBH was a pioneer in public media fundraising and offered the wooden toy to donors in the 1970s.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1970 - 1979
- Object Name: toy
- Physical Description: wood; string (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 6 1/2 in x 6 in x 5 in; 16.51 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm
- Associated Place: China
- ID Number: 2018.0290.02
- accession number: 2018.0290
- catalog number: 2018.0290.02
- Credit Line: Lo Hartnett
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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