Jeep Toy from M*A*S*H: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Plastic toy medical unit Jeep with action figure from the television show M*A*S*H. Jeep is scaled to fit the M*A*S*H action figures that were manufactured around the same time. Jeep is in original cardboard and plastic packaging. Package features color photograph of the cast of M*A*S*H. Jeep has M*A*S*H and medical symbol painted in white along with a red cross with a yellow background.

M*A*S*H was a movie and television series that followed the fictional 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Unit (MASH) during the Korean War. MASH began as a novel by Richard Hooker published in 1968 based on his experiences as a surgeon in the 8055th MASH in South Korea. The film MASH was based off of the novel and released in 1970. The television spin-off from the novel, M*A*S*H, aired from 1972-1983 along with spin-offs such as Trapper John, M.D. (1979-1986) and AfterMASH (1983-1985).

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: 1982
• Object Name: toy, jeep
• Physical Description: cardboard (packaging material)
• Physical Description: plastic (packaging material)
• Physical Description: plastic (jeep material)
• Physical Description: paint (jeep material)
• Measurements: packaging: 5 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 23.495 cm x 12.065 cm
• Measurements: jeep: 2 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in x 3 in; 6.35 cm x 18.415 cm x 7.62 cm
• place made: China: Hong Kong
• Subject: M*A*S*H
• Subject: Television
• Subject: Toys
• Subject: Medical
• ID Number: 1985.0252.537
• accession number: 1985.0252
• catalog number: 1985.0252.537
• Credit Line: Twentieth Century Fox
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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