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OBJECT TYPE: chain drive/tractor style frame/childs
DATE: 1953
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0040.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Kiddie BMC Tractor
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PRESSED STEEL/ SYNTHETIC TIRES AND FRONT WHEEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 85.0 cm
Width: 43.0 cm
Height: 64.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Power sources
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: USED 1ST FROM THE EARLY 1950'S INTO THE 1960'S; AND THEN IN THE 1990'S
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF TOY AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN CANADA IN THE IMMEDIATE POST WWII PERIOD.
Function: USED FOR SELF PROPELLED TRANSPORTATION OVERLAND FOR A SMALL CHILD.
Technical: REPRESENTATIVE OF A PRODUCT FROM THE PERIOD WHEN RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE MASS-PRODUCED TOYS WERE MADE OF PRESSED-STEEL METAL CONSTRUCTION WITH SILK-SCREENED DETAILS. THE CHAIN DRIVE PLACED IT ONE STEP ABOVE THE MOST BASIC "RIDE-ON/PUSH WITH FEET TOY". NOW THESE TOY TYPES ARE MADE OF PLASTIC. [REF.1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON FRONT SIDES: 'KIDDIE/ BMC/ TRACTOR'
Missing: TRAILER THAT TRACTOR PULLED. FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN REPLACED
Finish: PAINTED GLOSS RED WITHWHITE PRINTING/ BLACK TIRES
Decoration: SCROLLED TRACING ON CHAIN GUARD

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tricycle, 1953, Artifact no. 1999.0040, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1999.0040.001/

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