Name/Title
Keystone Manufacturing Co. Exploding Fort and box, c. 1935Entry/Object ID
2021.128.54Description
Acc. No. 21.128.54
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: c. 1935
Object: Toys
Description: Wooden exploding fort and original box. The fort is composed of wood, with grey and blue painted stones, a red circle, a green base, and two canons. Included are two flags, and a larger canon, which can fire off a stick and when it hits the red circle, the fort will fall apart. The box is made of tan cardboard with navy blue image stating 'Exploding Fort with shooting .....tank'.
Size: 14" wide; cannon: 7.5" long; box: (approx.) L 7" x W 27" x H 5".
History of Objects: Exploding fort of the Martin family of 1419 Mound Street. The fort was made by the Keystone Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts. The company had replaced the tank of an earlier version with a canon, but kept using the same box.
Acquired from: Estate of Nancy Martin
Donation Date: 2016
Catalog Date: 12/13/2021Interpretative Labels
Label
12/30/2021 MvL: current (incorrect, see Research Notes) sign:
"Collection of Cast Iron World War I Era SOLDIERS in their original box"Label
/2/2022 replaced sign with following:
“Barclay Cast Metal soldiers
Keystone Exploding Fort
with original box
c. 1930s”
