Märklin Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: mid 20th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy steam engine was made by the Märklin Company during the early 20th century. This toy steam engine consists of a firebox, horizontal brass boiler, chimney stack, and horizontal engine with flyball governor that powers a flywheel. The boiler and engine are mounted on a tin base.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Märklin Company was established in 1859 in the town of Göppingen, Germany by tin smith Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin. Märklin began his business with the production of tin doll houses, but the company soon began producing a variety of tinplate and metal items, eventually specializing in toys that included steam engines such as this one.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.329031
label: catalog number
content: 329031
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
label: Object Name
content: steam engine and boiler, toy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (boiler material)
label: Physical Description
content: lead (flywheel material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (part material)
label: Measurements
content: flywheel-from catalog card: 3 in; x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: boiler-from catalog card: 5 in x 2 in; x 12.7 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: base-from catalog card: 9 in x 8 in; x 22.86 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 7/8 in x 8 in x 9 1/8 in; 25.0825 cm x 20.32 cm x 23.1775 cm