Name/Title
ToyDescription
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 soundCollection
Found In CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1985.001Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffCreate Date
April 11, 2001Update Date
July 3, 2025