Märklin Toy Drill Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy drill press was manufactured by the Märklin Company around 1920. The toy has a cast metal body with the pulley attached to a gearing mechanism that spun the drill. The toy 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.329071
label: catalog number
content: 329071
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, drill press
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (drive pulley material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 4 1/4 in; 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 3.81 cm x 5.715 cm