Toy horse and cart used by Miriam and Heskel Kagan postwar
Extent and Medium
a: Height: 24.409 inches (61.999 cm) | Width: 16.142 inches (41.001 cm) | Depth: 53.937 inches (137 cm)
Creator(s)
- Miriam Lieber (Subject)
Archival History
The toy horse and carriage were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Miriam Kagan Lieber.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Miriam Kagan Lieber.
Scope and Content
Colorful, child-sized, toy horse and cart with pedals used by Heskel and Miriam Kagan (later Lieber) in Rome, Italy, where their parents, Berl and Raja settled, temporarily, after surviving the Holocaust in Lithuania. The cart was used by Heskel and Miriam in Italy and then, when the family immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1950, aboard the USS Hersey, they brought it with them.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
a: A child-sized, bright red, rectangular, wooden, toy cart with a bench seat and two spoked wheels connected to a prancing, brown horse supported by a smaller, spoked wheel. The horse is covered with painted cloth and has a stylized bridle, possibly leather, fixed to its body with metal rivets. There are two, rectangular metal bracket-style pedals in the footwell, which connect to the main axel and allow a rider to propel the cart by peddling. Thin, checked, cloth reins are connected to a T-shaped bar extending from the horse’s back. The front right hoof (b) is broken, and the horse’s ears are missing. b: The broken, black hoof and partial white patch from the front, right foreleg of a wooden, toy horse pulling a child-sized cart (a).
Subjects
- Lithuania.
- Displaced persons.
- Rome (Italy)
Genre
- Object
- Toys
- Toys