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Still bank:Soldier and Horse

Arcade Mfg. Co.1910-1925

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester, United States

In the 1800s and 1900s, coin banks encouraged children to save their pennies. Appealing figures of solid bank buildings, figures of humans and a wide variety of animals reinforced Benjamin Franklin's aphorism, "A penny saved is a penny earned."

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  • Title: Still bank:Soldier and Horse
  • Creator: Arcade Mfg. Co.
  • Date Created: 1910-1925
  • Location: Freeport, IL
  • Subject Keywords: Philip Henry Sheridan, army, U.S. Civil War, Union Army, horse
  • Type: More Toys
  • Medium: iron, cast, painted
  • Object ID: 79.638
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