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Dump truck model

Designed by: Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906–2008)
Manufactured by: Steelcraft, a division of Murray Ohio Company
Manufactured by: Murray Ohio Company (active 1919–1988)
designed 1941
Object Place: Cleveland, Ohio

Medium/Technique Steel, paint, rubber
Dimensions Overall (APPROX): 17.8 x 40.6 x 17.8 cm (7 x 16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2014.1242
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsModels

DescriptionStreamlined dump truck in white and red marketed as part of a line of "Steelcraft Wheel Goods" by Murray Ohio Co.
Marks "CITY TRUCKING CO." in red stickers on both sides of vehicle
ProvenanceBy 2010, with John Knight of Bizarre Bazaar Ltd., New York, NY; 2010, purchased from Knight by Frederic A. Sharf; 2014, lent to MFA by Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; 2014, gift of Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.