Emergency Rescue Car
Toy Car
1975-1979 (manufactured)
1975-1979 (manufactured)
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| Place of origin |
The body of the car is lithographed tinplate and the mechanism is housed in the body with the key protruding from the left side. It is yellow with black, blue, red and white markings. The underside is black. It is marked to show the name, figures in the car and has the number plate ER-252. On the front is the symbol for a Volkswagon VW. The tyres are black plastic with the rear ones wider than the front ones. When wound up the car moves along.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Emergency Rescue Car (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithographed tinplate, with a clockwork mechanism |
| Brief description | Tinplate clockwork rescue car made in Japan in the late 1970s |
| Physical description | The body of the car is lithographed tinplate and the mechanism is housed in the body with the key protruding from the left side. It is yellow with black, blue, red and white markings. The underside is black. It is marked to show the name, figures in the car and has the number plate ER-252. On the front is the symbol for a Volkswagon VW. The tyres are black plastic with the rear ones wider than the front ones. When wound up the car moves along. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | Y in a circle with MADE IN JAPAN
paper label stuck to the underside of the car ¶10099 (¶ is the closest to the Chinese character used before the number) |
| Credit line | Given by Clio Whittaker |
| Object history | References: This collection of toys was acquired by the donor while attending Peking University in 1978 and 1979. The majority of the toys were made in China for its own market. See additional notes, B. 106-1996 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.168-1996 |
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| Record created | April 18, 2000 |
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