Toy Truck: Museum Object and Cultural History
Toy Truck: maker: Kenton Hardware Company. Object Name: toy, truck, pickup. Other Terms: Toy, Truck, with Driver and Barrels; Toy.
The object in the museum catalogue
The Kenton Hardware Company of Kenton, Ohio made this cast-iron toy truck during the 1920s. The red truck has wooden barrels in its rear bed, and the word “Speed” in raised letters on the side. Kenton was one of the major manufacturers of cast iron toys, and auto-related toys were one of their big sellers. Originally called the Kenton Lock Manufacturing Co., this Ohio firm made its first cast iron toy (a bank) in 1893. Kenton began making toy cars in 1903.
Materials, dates and provenance
- maker: Kenton Hardware Company
- Object Name: toy, truck, pickup
- Other Terms: Toy, Truck, with Driver and Barrels; Toy
- place made: United States: Ohio, Kenton
- Subject: Toys
- Subject: Trucks
- ID Number: 1971.295669.416
- catalog number: 295669.416
- accession number: 295669
- Credit Line: Sears, Roebuck and Co., Collection of American Toys
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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