Toy Steam Shovel
date: label: date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: Moline Pressed Steel Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Moline Pressed Steel Company of East Moline, Illinois made this Buddy “L” Steam Shovel toy around 1926. Buddy “L” toys were named after the son of the owner of the company, Fred Lundahl. The company first made auto and truck parts, and then branched out into making hardy toys with moving parts. The company also made toy cars, dump trucks, delivery vans, fire engines, and construction equipment. The manufacturer marketed the toys to boys, claiming “They appeal to boys because they really work.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Illinois, East Moline
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ER.314637.12614
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 314637.12614
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Toy Steam Shovel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red; black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/4 in x 20 5/8 in x 9 in; 34.925 cm x 52.3875 cm x 22.86 cm