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A tin toy stagecoach named 'Butterfield Stage Lines', 1956 - 1965
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Object statement
Toy stagecoach, 'Butterfield Stage Lines', tin plate, made by Alps, Japan, c. 1960
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
The stagecoach was made by Alps in Japan between 1956 and 1965.

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Description
Toy stagecoach, 'Butterfield Stage Lines', tin plate, made by Alps, Japan, c. 1960

A wind up toy stage coach made from tin plate. The body of the coach has been painted yellow with green, blue and red detailing. A woman's head and two men shooting guns have been painted in the windows on either side of the coach. A tin cowboy figure sits up the front of the coach and the coach is being pulled by two tin horses that have been shaped and painted to look like they are galloping at speed. On one side of the coach is a winding key. The tin wheels of the coach turn on metal axles and they have been painted with yellow spokes.

Made: Alps; Japan; 1956 - 1965
Marks
Text painted in gold along either side of the top of the coach reads 'BUTTERFIELD STAGE LINES'. Black text on the back of the coach reads 'ALPS / MADE IN JAPAN'.
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
85/2577-1
Production date
1956 - 1965
Height
110 mm
Width
90 mm
Depth
330 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1985

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
Subjects
+ Wind-up toys
Currently on public display
+ Display Store, Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/42329 |title=A tin toy stagecoach named 'Butterfield Stage Lines' |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=20 June 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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