Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Daisy Manufacturing Co.
- Summary
- This "15-shot repeater" water gun manufactured by Daisy Manufacturing Company of Michigan in 1936 by came in two finishes: a brightly painted red and yellow toy and this more rare copper-colored version.
- Fictional space heroes often carried space-themed versions of the Western's ever-present six-shooter or rifle. As a result, for several generations, pretend gun play with ray gun toys formed a central part of many children's imagined space adventures. Exactly how one blasted space enemies often reflected the newest technologies. In the late 1940s, "atomic" guns proliferated. "Laser" guns followed the creation of the practical laser in 1960.
- Collector Michael O'Harro donated this toy ray gun to the Museum in 1993.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael O'Harro. Restrictions unknown, Copyright John P. Dille
- Inventory Number
- A19970790000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
- Materials
- Overall, metal, probably steel; barrel tip, probably brass
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 19.1 x 5.1 x 15.2cm (7 1/2 x 2 x 6 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19970790000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b2133e56-d08f-490b-98bd-34261580eb6e
