Tonka Road Grader Toy, 1955-1960
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Tonka Toys produced a number of construction related toy vehicles, including dump trucks, steam shovels, cranes, and this road grader. Children playing with these toys in the mid-1950s could imagine building American roads and the newly conceived interstates.
Tonka Toys produced a number of construction related toy vehicles, including dump trucks, steam shovels, cranes, and this road grader. Children playing with these toys in the mid-1950s could imagine building American roads and the newly conceived interstates.
Artifact
Toy (Recreational artifact)
Date Made
1955-1960
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
2011.21.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Steel (Alloy)
Paint (Coating)
Plastic
Rubber (Material)
Color
Orange (Color)
Black (Color)
Yellow (Color)
Silver (Color)
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 6.5625 in
Length: 16.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed on sides in black on yellow field: STATE / HI-WAY / DEPT / 975 Printed in black on sides of grader attachment: TONKA ROAD GRADER Impressed on tire sides: TONKA TOYS / MADE IN U.S.A.
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