Daisy Pop Gun: Museum Object and Cultural History
Daisy Pop Gun: maker: Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc.. Object Name: gun, toy. Other Terms: Guck; gun, toy; Firearms; Smooth Bore.
The object in the museum catalogue
World War II brought hard times for Daisy, as it did for many other United States companies. With steel no longer available for domestic use, Daisy was forced to make wooden pop guns. The steel that had made the BB gun was now used by Daisy to make 37-mm canisters for the war effort.
Materials, dates and provenance
- maker: Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Object Name: gun, toy
- Other Terms: Guck; gun, toy; Firearms; Smooth Bore
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: fabric (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 5 1/2 in x 30 in x 1 in; 13.97 cm x 76.2 cm x 2.54 cm
- Place Made: United States
- Subject: Children
- related event: World War II
- related event: The Great Depression and World War II
- ID Number: AF.84663M
- catalog number: 84663M
- accession number: 1978.1028
- catalog number: 1978.1028.18
- Credit Line: Daisy-Heddon. Division Victor Comptometer Corp.
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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