- Ethnohistorical collection
Piggy bank space
Rocket-shaped space piggy bank from US financial institution Hamburg Savings and Trust Co. The chrome-plated case features a spring mechanism that can eject a coin. A slot is located on the front of the piggy bank.
- Accession Number 2020.02.500
- Fabricant / Éditeur Astro Manufacturing
- Date 1957 c
- Materials metal
- Measurements 28 x 9,9 cm
Historical context
Cette tirelire évoque la course à l’espace du milieu du 20e siècle. Il s’agit du premier modèle d’Astro Manufacturing, une entreprise créée par deux frères ayant quitté Duro Manufacturing, un autre fabricant de tirelires. L’étiquette jaune indique que la fusée est reliée à l’institution financière américaine Hamburg Savings and Trust Co.
Si les premières générations de tirelires sont généralemen...
- Accession Number 2020.02.500
- Fabricant / Éditeur Astro Manufacturing
- Date 1957 c
- Materials metal
- Measurements 28 x 9,9 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 2020.002.0500
Photo by Louis-Etienne Dore
- On display
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