Collection Highlights
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper
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Ice truck
Object Number:
1968.46d
Date:
1931
Medium:
Iron, nickel, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 in. × 8 1/2 in. × 4 in. (7.6 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm)
Marks:
cast: on each door of cab: "Mack"
painted: below cast inscription on right side door of cab: "AN/ARCADE/TOY"
stencilled: on each side of truck bed: "I C E"
printed: on scrap of paper affixed to front bumper: "[illeg.] 171"
stamped: on underside of tru
Description:
Cast iron ice truck, painted blue; high hood and running boards at sides facing truck bed; step up to truck bed, with railing all along sides; cab with 2 side windows, narrow front window, and back window; details such as grilles, trademark, etc. cast on body, painted gold; nickel-plated wheels.
Gallery Label:
Arcade manufactured a line of Mack series trucks during the 1920s and 1930s. This ice truck would have originally been sold with ice tongs and glass "ice" (See Publications).
Credit Line:
Gift of Wilmer R. Leech
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
