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On View In:
Gallery 110
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Artist:
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Charles G. Shepard
Peter Adams
Shepard Hardware Company
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Title:
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"Uncle Sam" mechanical bank
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Date:
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c. 1886
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Medium:
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Iron, pigment
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Dimensions:
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11 x 5 15/16 x 3 7/8 in. (27.94 x 15.08 x 9.84 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger
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Location:
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Gallery 110
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Shepard Hardware Company
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Role:
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Manufacturer
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Life Dates:
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Buffalo, New York, 1866-1892
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Name:
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Shepard, Charles G.
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Role:
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Designer
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Life Dates:
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American
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Name:
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Adams, Peter
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Role:
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Designer
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Life Dates:
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American
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Inscriptions and Sticker
on bag, on PL side, inscriped: [U.S.]; on bottom, on PR side, on box, en on bottom, on sticker: [#280-14 3 (circled) / X "Uncle Sam Bank" / 74184B 275 / 4320 / #231M]
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Classification:
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Dolls, Toys and Games
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Physical Description:
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Uncle Sam wearing blue jacket with red pin striped pants and tall hat, holding green umbrella in left hand and standing on green and orange rectangular box; brown bag below his right hand on box
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Accession #:
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2003.236.65
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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