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Box, Mechanical Bank, Duro, Strato
Object Details
- Summary
- This original box housed a Strato model metal bank manufactured by Duro Pattern & Mold Co. of Highland Park (Detroit), Michigan. Although the design of the box is quite plain, with only the model name, the space-themed design of the bank included a mechanism that allowed the owner to shoot coins (pennies, nickels, or dimes) from the rocket into a slot in the Moon on the bank.
- Created to be distributed as a premium by local commercial banks, the Strato included a place for an adhesive sticker that advertised the gifting institution.
- 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.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Date
- 1954
- Inventory Number
- A20110029001
- Manufacturer
- Duro Pattern & Mold Co.
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA
- Materials
- Cardboard
- Coating/Plating
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 21.7 × 9.2 × 7.3cm (8 9/16 × 3 5/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
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- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Record ID
- nasm_A20110029001
- Usage
- Not determined
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