"Guided Missile" Mechanical Bank, circa 1957
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In the years before the space race of the late 1950s, many Americans viewed outer space exploration as fantasy and science fiction. Children's space toys--including banks--reflected those futuristic visions. This "Guided Missile" bank, made by Astro Manufacturing about 1957, contains a spring-loaded mechanism that launched a coin into a slot in the underside of the rocket's nose.
In the years before the space race of the late 1950s, many Americans viewed outer space exploration as fantasy and science fiction. Children's space toys--including banks--reflected those futuristic visions. This "Guided Missile" bank, made by Astro Manufacturing about 1957, contains a spring-loaded mechanism that launched a coin into a slot in the underside of the rocket's nose.
Artifact
Mechanical bank
Date Made
circa 1957
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2018.82.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Raymond Reines, Dedicated to the Berzac Family.
Material
Metal
Color
Silver (Color)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 13.125 in
Width: 3.875 in
Length: 3.875 in
Inscriptions
on side of front fin: CAN. PAT. 150-21482 / R D 1957-A PERZAC CREATION on side of back fin: ASTRO MFG. U.S.A. / DETROIT - U.S. PAT. SND 45961 label on top of missile: New Horizons on top of key: VACUMET / 2
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