Medium:

Dolls, Toys and Games | Zinc alloy, chrome, plastic, pigment

Size:

10 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (27.31 x 10.95 x 10.95 cm)

Creation Place:

North America, United States, Michigan, Detroit

Culture:

North America, United States, Michigan

Style:

20th century

Inscriptions:

Inscriptions; Decalon ring: [COMMEMORATING COMDR. ALAN B. SHEPHERD'S FIRST FLIGHT FROM AMERICA INTO OUTER SPACE MAY 5, 1961 TIME 15 MIN. HT. 115 MI DIST. 300 MILES APPROX.]inside base: [DURO MOLD AND MFG. INC./ DETROIT 34 MICH./ US PAT D54509/CANADAIAN PAT 25826/ OTHER COUNTRIES PEND.]in rim of base: [MODEL 1000/ DESTINATION- MOON/ BANK/ NOTE KEEP SPRING GREASED] decal in black: [GREATER ARIZONA SAVINGS/ AND LOAN ASSOCI/ATION...]

Physical Description:

silver space ship with globe (moon?) on top; aqua ring around globe; USA on sides of ship in red

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Katherine Kierland Herberger

Accession Number:

2003.236.759

Artist:

Duro Mold and Manufacturing Inc., Detroit

Role:

Maker

Nationality:

Life Dates:

Detroit

Added to Site:

March 1, 2009

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10 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (27.31 x 10.95 x 10.95 cm)