Matchbox Police Car, 1979

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Artifact Overview

Imaginative children do not need manufactured travel toys to occupy themselves while on long road trips. Two boys played with this Matchbox police car and other playthings while traveling with their parents.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Toy car

Date Made

1979

Place of Creation

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America

Object ID

2011.266.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Elliott and Daniel Raupagh.

Material

Metal
Plastic

Color

White (Color)
Black (Color)
Blue

Dimensions

Height: 1 in
Width: 1.0625 in
Length: 3 in

Inscriptions

Printed on hood and trunk: Metro / POLICE / TRAFFIC / CONTROL Top: 012 Stamped into bottom: MATCHBOX / Superfast / no. 10 PLYMOUTH GRAN FURY / copyright 1979 MADE IN ENGLAND / LESNEY PRODUCTS