Tin tractor

Name/Title

Tin tractor

Entry/Object ID

2344

Description

Very significant part of our collection is a Tin Tractor. Classic Depression improvisation piece completely made of, discarded food cans with the wind up motor out of the gramophone inside. This tractor will trundle along. The front wheel still steer. It is a copy of a Wallace tractor named 15 20, possibly from 1928. This tractor is featured in the Federation Tapestries in the Melbourne, New Zealand. A wonderful piece of great importance.

Collection

Toys