American-type Locomotive Model, without Tender
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Object Details
- Artist
- Unidentified (American)
- Luce Center Label
- Model trains made of lead or tin became popular after the transcontinental railroad line was finished in 1869. The triangular metal fixture on the front of this model locomotive is called a cowcatcher, which was used to push cows off the tracks when the train was unable to stop.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- ca. 1860s-1880s
- Object number
- 1986.65.335A-B
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- carved and painted wood with fabric and metal
- Dimensions
- 11 7/8 x 28 1/2 x 8 in. (30.2 x 72.4 x 20.3 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture\vehicle\train
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.335A-B
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7212ab649-ead0-41bb-8ec0-d5cc9cdef29b
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