Bing Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy steam engine was made by the Bing Works company in Bavaria, Germany during the early 20th century. The engine has a black firebox and horizontal boiler with simulated brickwork chimney that is attached to a horizontal slide valve engine and flywheel.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Gebrüder Bing (Bing Brothers) toy company was founded in Nuremburg, Germany by Adolf and Ignatz Bing in 1863 and operated until 1932. The company was renamed Bing Werke (Bing Works) in 1918 when Ignatz Bing died. While very successful from 1863 until 1912, World War I created an unfavorable export market for German products, and the hard post-war years created additional financial hardships. The harsh political climate in Germany forced the Jewish Bing family to flee to England in 1932, and Bing’s assets were acquired by rival toy company Bub in 1933.
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.328984
label: catalog number
content: 328984
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (base material)
label: Measurements
content: boiler-from catalog card: 4 in x 1 1/2 in; x 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: base-from catalog card: 7 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in; x 19.685 cm x 19.685 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 11 3/4 in; 29.845 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 7/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in; 30.1625 cm x 19.685 cm x 19.685 cm