Name/Title
Toy train, Ca. 1870Entry/Object ID
1981.129.1Description
Acc. No. 81.129.1
Subject Category: Toys
Date or period: Circa 1870
Object: Toy train
Description: Cast iron toy train consisting of five separate parts:
Engine, coal car, and three passenger cars. Empressed on sides of three passenger cars is: "Erie Railroad Poncelot" Each car has two separate castings welded together, split up the middle.
Size: Assembled train measures 31 inches in length by 3 inches high.
History of Object: This toy train amused Mr. Leon Konigshofer when he was six years old. Mr. Konigshofer was a former merchant on Park Street.
Acquired from: Mrs. D. A. Brooks (niece)
Date: April , 1956
