Toy Road Roller
notes: label: Description
content: The Hubley Manufacturing Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania produced this toy road roller around 1935. Incorporated in 1894, the company made electric train related equipment before moving into the toy business in 1909. The cast iron toys were modeled on actual vehicles or machinery. The Huber mark refers to the Huber Manufacturing Company. Inventor and industrialist Edward Huber's Huber Manufacturing Company made farm machinery in Marion, Ohio. The company is credited with inventing the first workable gasoline tractor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Toys
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ER.314637.12613
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 314637.12613
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Toy Road Roller
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red; green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 13.335 cm x 13.97 cm