Märklin Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy steam engine was made by the Märklin Company around 1920. This toy steam engine consists of a vertical brass boiler that powered a flywheel, mounted on a metal plate painted green.
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
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: ER.329051
label: accession number
content: 278175
label: catalog number
content: 329051
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy steam turbine & boiler
label: Object Name
content: steam turbine & boiler, toy
label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 18 3/8 in x 8 7/8 in; 39.37 cm x 46.6725 cm x 22.5425 cm