New Idea Mower Model
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The nature of farming dramatically changed in the 20th century through what came to be known as the Green Revolution. From the 1920s-1950s farming productivity rose dramatically due to mechanization, fertilizers, chemicals (fungicides, pesticides, herbicides) and the hybridization of plants and animals. Agricultural innovations continue to be important to farming today. While the museum has over a dozen full-size tractors and other pieces of farming equipment, most technical developments of the 20th century are represented in the collection through toys and models.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This mower is a cast-iron New Idea model that was made by Topping Models, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, in 1952. The mower is made for use behind a tractor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: Agricultural Equipment Toys
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content: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: E. W. Topping, President, Topping Models, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.52A02.03
label: catalog number
content: 52A02.03
label: accession number
content: 193939
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mower, New Idea
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 in; 8.89 cm x 12.7 cm