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FOLD-A-WAY PARKING GARAGE

Garage
©1969 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Folding Shell service station and parking garage made of painted wood, metal and plastic. The structure is made up of three painted blue wooden tiers, a painted red wooden roof and white plastic carrying handle with the inscription 'SHELL'. A plastic yellow shell emblem with the inscription 'SHELL' in red, is adhered to perspex at the front. To the proper right of this emblem is a vertical inscription 'PARK' in red letters. Stencilled wording on the blue floors: 'ENTRANCE', 'EXIT', 'BLOW HORN', 'STOP'; parking bays stencilled in white on the top two tiers. Two red metal ramps which pivot up and down. There is a battery powered lift and control panel with three knobs: 'UP', 'DOWN' and 'ON / OFF.'
Garage accessories: four red plastic, simply moulded cars with black wheels and four plastic garage attendant figures on stands.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 11 parts.

  • Garage
  • Garage Accessory
  • Garage Accessory
  • Garage Accessory
  • Garage Accessory
  • Garage Accessory
  • Garage Accessory
  • Garage Accessory
  • Garage Accessory
  • Garage Accessory
  • Box
TitleFOLD-A-WAY PARKING GARAGE (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
wood, printed card, perspex, moulded plastic
Brief description
Wood, metal and plastic folding parking garage and service station with accessories, made by Intopart Development, Hong Kong, 1969
Physical description
Folding Shell service station and parking garage made of painted wood, metal and plastic. The structure is made up of three painted blue wooden tiers, a painted red wooden roof and white plastic carrying handle with the inscription 'SHELL'. A plastic yellow shell emblem with the inscription 'SHELL' in red, is adhered to perspex at the front. To the proper right of this emblem is a vertical inscription 'PARK' in red letters. Stencilled wording on the blue floors: 'ENTRANCE', 'EXIT', 'BLOW HORN', 'STOP'; parking bays stencilled in white on the top two tiers. Two red metal ramps which pivot up and down. There is a battery powered lift and control panel with three knobs: 'UP', 'DOWN' and 'ON / OFF.'
Garage accessories: four red plastic, simply moulded cars with black wheels and four plastic garage attendant figures on stands.
Dimensions
  • Whole garage, handle down height: 35.8cm
  • Whole garage length: 44.3cm
  • Garage, upright width: 29.3cm
  • Four red cars length: 9.5cm
  • Four red cars width: 4.2cm
  • Four red cars height: 3cm
  • Two figures of men rolling tyres height: 3.8cm
  • Two figures of men rolling tyres length: 3.5cm
  • Two figures of men rolling tyres width: 1.5cm
  • Two figures of men holding white cans height: 4.2cm
  • Two figures of men holding white cans length: 1.8cm
  • Two figures of men holding white cans width: 3cm
Style
Production typemass produced
Copy number
Style No. 112C
Marks and inscriptions
£6.95 (price label)
Gallery label
Fold-away dolls' house and parking garage, 1960-1970 These toys only take minutes to put together, but can provide hours of imaginative play. When they are not being used, they can be packed away not taking up much room. Refers to this object and misc.765-1991(22/03/2017)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Production
marked MADE IN THE BRITISH COLONY OF HONG KONG

Reason For Production: retail
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
B.950:1 to 10-1999

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Record createdJune 15, 2000
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