Toy Armored Truck

Name/Title

Toy Armored Truck

Entry/Object ID

1000.718.5

Description

Truck, Armored, Toy

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Smith Miller

Notes

model name: Bank of America model number: 132-5 (in casting)

Color

Olive

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

curated description

Label

Armored Toy Truck Circa 1950s Smith-Miller Inc., Santa Monica, CA Founded in 1945, Smith-Miller Inc., also known as “Smitty Toys,” produced over 75 different toy trucks. This Bank of America armored vehicle truck was manufactured around the early 1950s and has rubber wheels, money bags in the truck, and is made out of cast and sheet metal. The Smith-Miller company ceased production and ceased to exist in the mid-1950s. However, in 1979, Fred Thompson who played with Smith-Miller trucks when he was younger bought the company and began manufacturing again. This truck weighs 9 pounds.

General Notes

Note

Smitty Toys , money bags in truck, rubber wheels, cast and sheet metal.