Dollhouse Vacuum Cleaner, 1945-1960
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Artifact Overview
Dollhouse toys, like this vacuum cleaner, reflect the housekeeping and childcare tasks expected of postwar women. Ideal Toy Company made inexpensive dollhouse furniture along with other children's toys.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Toy (Recreational artifact)
Date Made
1945-1960
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
72.177.1008
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Almena Gray Wilde.
Material
Plastic
Color
Green
Yellow (Color)
Red
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 4.25 in
Width: 1.75 in
Length: 2 in
Inscriptions
Impressed on bottom: IDEAL / MADE IN U.S.A.
On lower side of handle: 1 - 1559
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