Crocodile with nigger boy

large crocodile ridden by a nigger

Model: 208M
Type: People
Topic: Miscellaneous
Country of manufacture: Germany
Mechanism: Clockwork
Movement: Crocodile moves forward while opening and closing mouth, causing boy ride up and down
Materials: Tin
Dimensions (LxWxH cm): 38x7x11
Condition: Excellent
Manufactured: 1935 – 1945

Research notes

launched in 1935; there is a similar toy by J. Chein (USA), no. 140, "Native Boy on Alligator", produced in the 1930s and again in 1958-1960. The clockwork keys of the german and american toys are different (german is a twisted square cross-section wire, american is the conventional roundes rectangular plaque); thereis also a more recent "Tarzan's Crocodile" made by Schylling