Toy, Riding
- Object Name:
- Toy, Riding
- Object ID:
- 1995.043.01
- Creator:
- Great American Plastics Company
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- circa 1965
- Description:
- Plastic "Amphicat" Toy, by Irwin (a.k.a. Great American Plastics Company), Nashua, N.H., c. 1965. Child's riding vehicle. Blown-molded plastic, red with yellow handles and four black wheels; two wheels missing. Molded on bottom "IRWIN / CORP." Silver label on front. (Sold for $5.00 through Woolworth Stores and Kresge's.)
- Material:
- Composition
- Dimensions:
- H-13 W-12 L-20 inches
- Provenance:
- Bertram Cohen donated these 4 toys to NHHS in response to solicitation for sample products made by New Hampshire producers. These toys were generally marketed through Woolworth Stores and Sears.
Irwin Corporation (1922- ), Nashua, NH. Toy manufacturer. Irwin Cohn, co-founder, president, and chairman of the board.
Great American Plastics Company. Nashua, NH, and Leominster, MA. Toy manufacturers. Headquarters at 85 Factory St., Nashua, NH.
Great American Chemical Corporation, Nashua, NH, and Leominster, MA. Manufactures PVC polymers; controlled by Great American Plastics Company. Bertram Cohen, owner, 1957-1980.
Nashua Plastics Company, Nashua, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Bertram M. Cohen
- Subjects:
- Toys
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