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Object details:

Object Name: Toy, Spaceship
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19972967000

	Object Name
	Toy, Spaceship

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9505997ab-cfdb-4d84-bb00-cbf2418fb764

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Materials
	Overall, cast alloy

	Dimensions
	3-D: 9.3 × 3 × 4cm (3 11/16 × 1 3/16 × 1 9/16 in.)

	Summary
	This cast alloy toy spaceship dates from the 1930s or '40s. Its design evokes the "streamline moderne" style of the day, which was also incorporated into fictional spaceship designs in comic strip space adventures such as Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon.

	Summary
	Collector Michael O'Harro gave this toy to the Museum in 1993.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Gift of Michael O'Harro

	Inventory Number
	A19972967000

	Type
	MODELS-Science Fiction

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