Name/Title
Truck, toyEntry/Object ID
DU2026.010Description
Toy truck. Metal red yellow and dark green striped truck with four large wheels and yellow steering wheel. Yellow rail on top of roof. Yellow stripe along side reads "Universal Parcel Delivery", underneath "London _______, Paris________, Rome________". Small yellow box near steering wheel reads "585". Year made unknown. Taken from Cockey's third floor educational room. 12 ½” x 8" x 5 ½”.Context
This antique tin truck represents the Universal Postal Union, a system for delivering mail worldwide that was established in 1878 following the signing of the Treaty of Bern. America would later join the Union and expand its mail service greatly both internationally and domestically in the early 19th century.