New York World's Fair Toy Train, 1939

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Artifact Overview

The 1939-40 New York World's Fair - themed "Building the World of Tomorrow" - encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. The fair in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park attracted 45 million visitors. Many fairgoers returned home with souvenirs, such as this replica of the tractor trains in operation at the exposition.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Pull toy

Date Made

1939

Subject Date

1939

Creators

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

72.177.598

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Almena Gray Wilde.

Material

Cast iron
Steel (Alloy)
Nickel (Metal)
Rubber (Material)

Dimensions

Length: 17.5 in (product package)
Width: 2.25 in (product package)
Length: 3.25 in (engine)
Height: 2.25 in (engine)
Length: 4.5 in (car)
Height: 2.25 in (car)

Inscriptions

Train: GREYHOUND / NEW YORK / WORLD'S FAIR AN ARCADE / TOY Product Packaging: AN / ARCADE / TOY / GREYHOUND OPERATED / MADE IN USA / 1939 NEW YORK WORKD'S FAIR TRACTOR TRAIN AN EXACT COPY IN / MINIATURE OF THE / TRACTOR TRAIN IN / OPERATION AT THE / 1939 NEW YORK / WORLD'S FAIR A LICENSED SOUVENIR / OF THE NEW YORK / WORLD'S FAIR, 1939 / AN ARCADE TOY
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