Ernst Plank Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This steam engine toy was made by Ernst Plank of Nuremburg, Germany, during the early 20th century. The toy consists of large boiler connected to a turbine with a steam line.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Ernst Plank founded his company in Nuremburg, Germany in 1866. The company was well known for manufacturing a variety of metal toys like steam locomotives, stationary steam engines, early photography equipment, and magic lanterns until its dissolution in 1935.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
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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.329049
label: catalog number
content: 329049
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, turbine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 8 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 19.05 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 18.415 cm x 18.415 cm