Pressed Steel Toy Truck |
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aw item number: 2004.097 | |
manufacturer: Sturditoy - The Pressed Metal Company, Pawtucket, Rhode Island | |
model number: 9 | |
date manufactured: 1926 | |
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size: 33.5"L x 11.5"H x 8.25"W |
color: Red | weight: 14.25 lbs. |
acquisition date: 9/26/2004 |
status: Collection |
description: A large red toy fire truck with a 34” tall water tower and controls to move the nozzle up and down and side to side. Open cab, rubber tires, dual tanks and hand operated water pump and front operating steering wheel. Suction hose mounted on each side of the service body, a working bell, and front bumper. Also features a rear tiller complete with a seat and a working rear steerable axel. information: Built in 1926 with the permission of American LaFrance, one of America's best selling fire fighting apparatus companies. The company founded in 1926 produced top of the line pressed steel toys however they ceased production in 1933. |
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