Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Duro Pattern & Mold Co.
- Summary
- This metal mechanical bank is the first such bank produced by Duro, a Detroit-based company that began producing mechanical banks in 1947. Such banks were made to be distributed by individual bank branches as a part of promotions or as premiums with a opened account. Note the blank space below the target where a sticker with the name of the local bank branch could be afixed. A spring-loaded mechanism could launch a coin placed on the pedestal to enter the bank in the middle of the bull's eye.
- Although the Atomic bank is not particularly space-themed, it does reflect the interest in atomic power that was prevalent in the late 1940s. The other seven models produced originally by Duro in the 1950s all had space themes.
- Raymond Reines donated this bank to the Museum in 2011.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Raymond R. Reines. Dedicated to the Berzac Family, in honor of Team NASA.
- 1949
- Inventory Number
- A20110027000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA
- Materials
- Metal
- Coating
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 19.5 × 7 × 9.5cm (7 11/16 × 2 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20110027000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv910d42888-9b3b-469c-aa6a-73defa9032ea
