Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Duro Pattern & Mold Co.
- Summary
- This is the original box for a mechanical bank that is the first such bank produced by Duro, the Detroit-based company that began producing this model in 1947. Such banks were made to be distributed by individual bank branches as a part of promotions. A spring-loaded mechanism could launch a coin placed on the pedestal to enter the bank in the middle of the bull's eye. The design of the box, which includes a mushroom cloud, reinforced the bank's name. Although this bank was not space-themed, the other seven models produced originally by Duro in the 1950s did have 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
- A20110027001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA
- Materials
- Cardboard
- Coating
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 27 × 16.5 × 0.3cm (10 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 1/8 in.)
- Storage: 22.9 × 31 × 0.5cm (9 in. × 1 ft. 3/16 in. × 3/16 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_A20110027001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bd0d3c46-54d6-4f8d-9e31-345b1e48a37a
