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Toy Peddler's Wagon
Toy Peddler's Wagon

Toy Peddler's Wagon

Dateabout 1870
MediumStamped tin-plated iron, brass, steel, and paint
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x height x width): 19 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 5in. (49.2 x 19.7 x 12.7cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionPainted and stenciled tin toy peddler's wagon drawn by two white horses. Hinged hatches on body. Hinged canopy for driver. Painted red with black stenciling on wagon. Canopy and seat painted black.
Object number1963.49.0
InscribedStenciled "YANKEE NOTIONS" on each side of the wagon.
On View
Not on view
Museum purchase, 1959.69.9  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
J. & E. Stevens Co.
after 1889
Museum purchase, 1956.44.5  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
J. & E. Stevens Co.
1890
Gift of Starling Childs, 2025.8.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Kno…
Stevens-Hepner Co. Ltd.
1985
Gift of Shirley S. Devoe, 1972.4.47  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Goodrich, Ives & Company
late 19th century
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2011.374.4  The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
1920-1939
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.47.0a-e, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Doma…
The Hartford Rubber Works Co.
patented 1895
Lamp
Wannopee Pottery Company
1892-1903