Toy Car
Title
Toy Car
Subject
Toy, Trundle
Description
Yellow toy car. The car has never been used, still in its box with packing paper and instructions. 1-Rectangle cardboard box with lid held together with staples. Yellow sticker on the side and “1548” stamped in blue. Paper inside the box stuffed around the toy car. /2-Rectangle paper with instructions for the toy car in French and English with pictures. /3- Small silver key that winds up the toy car. /4- Yellow car with windows cut out. Blue lines are drawn around the doors, hood and trunk. Headlights and grill are drawn on in silver. “Renault” is written on rear license plate. Right rear fender has silver diamond shape with “4 cv” written in red. Wheels are silver with red rims and black rubber tires. Silver undercarriage.
History:
Renault toy factory donated toy cars to the Merci Train for every boxcar. This represents that not only were adult impacted by the wars, but children too.
History:
Renault toy factory donated toy cars to the Merci Train for every boxcar. This represents that not only were adult impacted by the wars, but children too.
Creator
Tabatha Butler Photographer
Source
1949.3.80/1-4
Publisher
Idaho State Historical Society
Date
Circa 1949
Contributor
Idaho State Historical Society
Rights
Idaho State Historical Society
Relation
Still images of toy car in Merci Train
Format
Height: /1-3” /4-2.5” Width:/1-3” /2-5.25” /3-1 3/8” /4-3” Length:/1-7.25” /2-8.25” /3-2” /4-7”
Language
English, French
Type
Still image
Identifier
1949.3.80/1-4
Coverage
Idaho State Historical Society
- Date Added
- December 14, 2011
- Collection
- Idaho Merci Train Collection
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Citation
- Tabatha Butler Photographer , “Toy Car,” Idaho Merci Train, accessed April 25, 2024, https://idahomercitrain.omeka.net/items/show/48.