Name/Title
Playskool milk delivery van / carrier pull toy, c. 1950sEntry/Object ID
2021.52.4Description
Acc. No. 21.52.4
Subject Category: Household, toys
Date or Period: ca. 1950s
Object: Toy
Description: a wooden toy assembly of a main container painted white, with image of a face and a man in uniform on the front, cows on the sides, and three support bars painted red. On the front is added ‘Playskool’. The object fits into grooves in a yellow base on red wheels, with a red and white rope, which has a yellow ball at one end, attached to a ring. Holds 4 white, 1 orange, and 1 brown milk bottles.
Size: L7.5 x W-5.5 x H-6.5 inches.
History of Object: a 1950s playskool pull toy doing double duty as a milk bottle carrier and milk delivery van. Donated in honor of this family: Elsie Follrath including her son Ben Follrath, grandson Bob Follrath, and great granddaughter Beverly Johnson (a former Mayor of Alameda).
Acquired from: Jeanne Follrath
Date: 06/05/21. Catalog completion Date 12/15/2021
