General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

6

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cardboard box has unbleached interior; box exterior is predominantly blue with colour illustrations and black, white and pink text. Top and bottom seams of box sealed with clear synthetic [cellophane ?) adhesive-backed tape.

Dimensions

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

Length

39.5 cm

Width

16.0 cm

Height

32.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Child care

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably used in 1977; possibly also used later.

Canada

Unknown

Function

To identify, contain and protect contents when not in use.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"No. 97320", "milky/ THE MARVELOUS/ MILKING COW", "AGES 3 and UP", "She/ really drinks/ water, "MOO's"/ the gives/ "pretend/ milk", "© GENERAL MILLS FUN GROUP, INC., 1977/ Patent Pending", "Kenner/ Meets or exceeds all/ safety/ requirement of Product Standard 72-76" and "L P/ THIS KENNER TOY HAS BEEN/ FUN-TESTED UNDER ACTUAL PLAY/ CONDITIONS TO ASSURE YOU/ OF QUALITY, RELIABILITY/ SAFETY AND LONG/ LASTING PLAY/ LONG PLAYING TOY" appear on box front and back panels. "She drinks water when you "pump" her tail... she automatically raises/ her head and "MOO's" when she's ready for milking!", "Special tablet inside udder changes water into a non- toxic milky colored liquid. (Extra tablets included.) Udder comes apart for cleaning.", "[logo]/ General Mills/ FUN GROUP/ MILKY ™/ THE MARVELOUS/ MILKING COW", "KENNER PRODUCTS, CINCINNATI, Ohio 45202" and "Made in U.S.A. except for tail assembly made in Hong Kong." and selected repeating text [reproduced earlier] appears on underside of box. "Contents: Milky™ The Cow with "Ding Ding" Bell, 1 Package of "Pretend" Milk Tablets, Milk Pail, Water Trough, Pasture Play Mat, and full color Story Book on "How We Get Milk" and "925-2586", and selected repeating text [reproduced earlier] appears on box top panels. " No. 97320", "milky/ TM/ THE MARVELOUS/ MILKING COW/ TM", "She takes a/ drink of water/... when you/ "pump" her tail.", "She automatically/ raises her head/ and "MOO's"/ when she's ready/ for milking.", "You can milk her/ just like/ a real cow !", "She gives a/ bucket full of/ "pretend milk"." and "She even has/ a cow bell/ that rings." and selected repeating text [reproduced earlier] appears on box side panels.

Missing

Appear complete.

Finish

Cardboard box has unbleached interior; box exterior is predominantly blue with colour illustrations and black, white and pink text. Top and bottom seams of box sealed with clear synthetic [cellophane ?) adhesive-backed tape.

Decoration

Box exterior decorated with images of contents being played with by children.