Kicking Cow Bank, 1950-1965
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Saving money can be fun. Beginning in the late 1800s, families could purchase mechanical banks. These banks used ingenious mechanisms to deposit money. This mid-twentieth-century reproduction depicts a man milking a cow. When the saver deposits a coin, the cow kicks -- a real hazard if the animal was treated roughly -- and the man tumbles backwards.
Saving money can be fun. Beginning in the late 1800s, families could purchase mechanical banks. These banks used ingenious mechanisms to deposit money. This mid-twentieth-century reproduction depicts a man milking a cow. When the saver deposits a coin, the cow kicks -- a real hazard if the animal was treated roughly -- and the man tumbles backwards.
Artifact
Mechanical bank
Date Made
1950-1965

On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Object ID
71.1.42
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of David M. Gwinn.
Material
Cast iron
Color
Brown
Green
Red
Dimensions
Height: 5.125 in
Length: 9.75 in
Inscriptions
on bottom: REPRODUCED FROM ORIGINAL IN COLLECTION OF / THE BOOK OF / KNOWLEDGE