Object Details
- Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Description
- Physical Description
- Wooden toy gun.
- General History
- World War II brought hard times for Daisy, as it did for many other United States companies. With steel no longer available for domestic use, Daisy was forced to make wooden pop guns. The steel that had made the BB gun was now used by Daisy to make 37-mm canisters for the war effort.
- Credit Line
- Daisy-Heddon. Division Victor Comptometer Corp.
- ID Number
- AF.84663M
- catalog number
- 84663M
- accession number
- 1978.1028
- catalog number
- 1978.1028.18
- Object Name
- gun, toy
- Other Terms
- Guck; gun, toy; Firearms; Smooth Bore
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 30 in x 1 in; 13.97 cm x 76.2 cm x 2.54 cm
- Place Made
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- ThinkFinity
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Children
- related event
- World War II
- The Great Depression and World War II
- Record ID
- nmah_418440
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-1a50-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
