Past Exhibition

Nineteenth-Century Toys

The image shows a vintage toy train engine with a black body, red and blue front, red chimney, and green and blue cab with red detail. The wheels are brown. The color palette includes worn reds, blues, greens, blacks, and hints of gold due to oxidation. The train is positioned laterally, facing right. It displays the left side of its cab, main body, prominent rear wheels, and the smaller front part fading into the background.
Charles Henning, Toy Locomotive, c. 1940, watercolor and graphite on paperboard, Index of American Design, 1943.8.13989

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    Ground Floor, Galleries G-14, G-15 (1,200 sq. ft.)
The image shows a vintage toy train engine with a black body, red and blue front, red chimney, and green and blue cab with red detail. The wheels are brown. The color palette includes worn reds, blues, greens, blacks, and hints of gold due to oxidation. The train is positioned laterally, facing right. It displays the left side of its cab, main body, prominent rear wheels, and the smaller front part fading into the background.
Charles Henning, Toy Locomotive, c. 1940, watercolor and graphite on paperboard, Index of American Design, 1943.8.13989

Overview: 117 watercolor illustrations of 19th-century toys and dolls were installed by Lina Steele, curator of the Index.

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