Lincoln Tunnel Mechanical Toy, 1925-1940

Summary

This lithographed, pressed metal toy by Unique Art Manufacturing Company, Inc., has vehicles traveling in and out of the Lincoln Tunnel. Cars enter either through rural New Jersey or urban New York. The Lincoln Tunnel opened in 1937 and runs under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan.

This lithographed, pressed metal toy by Unique Art Manufacturing Company, Inc., has vehicles traveling in and out of the Lincoln Tunnel. Cars enter either through rural New Jersey or urban New York. The Lincoln Tunnel opened in 1937 and runs under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan.

Artifact

Mechanical toy

Date Made

1925-1940

Creators

Unique Art Manufacturing Company 

Place of Creation

United States, New Jersey, Newark 

Creator Notes

Made by the Unique Art Manufacturing Company in Newark, New Jersey.

Driving America
 On Exhibit

at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America

Object ID

2000.0.68.31

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Tin (Metal)
Cardboard

Technique

Lithography
Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3 in  (of toy)

Width: 3.5 in  (of toy)

Length: 24 in  (of toy)

Height: 3.25 in  (of box)

Width: 3.75 in  (of box)

Length: 24.25 in  (of box)

Inscriptions

Printed on sides of toy: TR.MK. / LINCOLN TUNNEL / REG'D. / MADE IN U.S.A. / UNIQUE ART MFG. CO., INC. / 200 WAVERLY AVE., NEWARK 8. N.J. / SHOWROOM: 200 5TH AVE., NEW YORK 10. N.Y. / PAT'S. PEND. Printed on sides of box: LINCOLN / TUNNEL / TRAFFIC / UNIQUE ART MANUFACTURING CO. INC., / PIONEER TOY MAKERS SINCE 1916 / FACTORY: NEWARK, N.J. / 200 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. / TRADEMARK REG. US. PAT. OFFICE. MADE IN U.S.A.

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