Toy

Name/Title

Toy

Description

Toy gun, wooden stock with yellow eagle on butt. Lock, plate, trigger and triggerring guard appear to be iron, held in poace by brass tacks. Two thin brass rings hold a paper tube muzzle in place. Gray paper muzzle, hole drilled in butt plate and 3/4 quater moon shape piece of metal covers part of hole. "The Harmless Gun" in on a paper label imder stock. May have been a mechanical toy, a string comes out from drilled hole under side of butt. String attached to something inside muzzle. Pulling string probably cocked a devise for making pop gun sound

Collection

Found In Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1985.001

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1883

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Apr 11, 2001

Create Date

April 11, 2001

Update Date

July 3, 2025