Marklin Toy Electric Motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
notes: label: Description
content: This is a Märklin toy electric motor, manufactured in the early 20th century. It consists of a cast white medal body, a pulley, two poles and two-five volts.
label: Description
content: Märklin was founded by Friedrich Wilhelm Marklin in 1859 in Goppingen, Germany. After his death in 1866, early in the company's life, his wife Caroline Märklin lead the business until 1888.
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
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.329039
label: catalog number
content: 329039
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Toy, Electric Motor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 2 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 9.525 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 in x 3 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 7.62 cm x 9.2075 cm