Product Package for a Cox "Thimble Drome" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, circa 1947
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Artifact Overview
Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. They were raced individually while tethered to a central pivot, or against each other on a scaled-down board track. This box contained a kit from the L.M. Cox Manufacturing Company of Santa Ana, California. Company founder Roy Cox later expanded his business into model airplanes and slot cars.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Packaging
Date Made
circa 1947
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2013.47.12
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Cardboard
Color
Vermillion (Color)
Black (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 9.75 in
Length: 5.25 in
Inscriptions
Top of box:
Roy Cox | THIMBLE DROME | Champion
Side of box:
Roy Cox THIMBLE DROME | Champion
METAL CONSTRUCTION | DEMOUNTABLE RUBBER TIRES | DETAILED SCALE REALISM
End of box:
L. M. COX | MFG. CO. SANTA | ANA, CALIF. | Made in U. S. A.
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