Hess Dynamobil Powered Crusher-Grinder Toy
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy was manufactured by the Hess Company of Nuremburg, Germany during the early 20th century. The “J.L.H.” makers mark on the base of the toy dates the motor to between 1906 and 1930, when John Leonard Hess took over the company. The motor is a crank operated friction-inertia toy. The winding of the crank builds up inertia and when the switch on the other side is turned on the motor spins its axel. The motor powers a toy stamp machine, which passes the power through its drive wheel to a crusher-grinder toy.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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.329044
label: catalog number
content: 329044
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crusher-grinder
label: Object Name
content: crusher-grinder, toy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, string (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 14 in x 4 5/8 in; 11.43 cm x 35.56 cm x 11.7475 cm