Märklin Toy Boring Mill
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy boring mill was manufactured by the Märklin Company around 1920. The toy has a cast metal body, but is missing the ribbed steel band that runs from the lower pulley to the upper pulley to spin the cutting tool. The toy boring mill could be connected to the drive wheel of a toy steam engine for power and produce realistic motion just like its full size counterpart.
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 such as this one.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Göppingen
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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.329073
label: catalog number
content: 329073
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, vertical boring mill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 5 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 7.9375 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 1 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 3.81 cm x 7.9375 cm