Toy Fire Truck

Object/Artifact

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Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Toy Fire Truck

Entry/Object ID

1000.2131.1

Description

Toy, Truck, Firetruck

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Tonka

Date made

1957

Notes

where made: Minnesota model name: Suburban Pumper model number: 46

Color

Red

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

curated description

Label

Pumper Tonka Toys Inc., Mound, MN 1957 Charles M. Groschen helped design this pumper (firetruck that pumps water) which was used by the Mound Fire Department. This pumper can connect to any standard garden hose through its own miniature hydrant (excluded). The 1957 series is one of the only trucks that had a scoop hood feature and 1956 threaded fittings. Believed to be a transition truck. In 1956, the Suburban Pumper was voted “Outstanding Example of American Toy Production.”