German Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy steam engine was produced in Germany by an unknown maker during the early 20th century. Comparisons to other engines reveal similarities to the Schoenner 107 toy steam engine, which was manufactured during the early 20th century. Jean Schoenner formed his company in 1875, but sold the business to Falk in 1912. The overtype engine has a firebox that shows wear, with a silver boiler, horizontal valve engine, and flywheel. The engine has platform steps on the front and side, and the base is stamped “F144.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: Germany
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Engineering Steam Toys and Models
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.328935
label: catalog number
content: 328935
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 12 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 31.75 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall-engine: 9 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in; 24.765 cm x 31.75 cm x 14.9225 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall-smokestack: 7 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 19.05 cm x 4.1275 cm