Rocket-shaped Piggy Bank
Date1950s-1960s
Mediummetal, paint
Dimensions10 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (26 cm)
ClassificationsVessels & Containers
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPC2021.25.16
DescriptionMetal piggy bank shaped like a rocket blasting straight off the top of the earth. At the base of the bank, at the front, it says, “FIRST NATIONAL BANK/IN ALBUQUERQUE/Where Every Customer Is Important.” There is a hole on the underside to insert bills. The bottom is embossed with the words DURO MOLD AND MFG INC/DETROIT 34 MICH./PAT. PENDING/USA AND CANADA.” There is a key hold in the middle. Below this the text continues: “THE/SATELLITE BANK/MODEL/OF THE ROCKET/FOR FUTURE SPACE TRAVEL.”On View
Not on view
after 2003
ca. 1955
