Maschinenfabrik, Augsburg Toy Machine Shop
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy machine shop was made by an unknown manufacturer during the early 20th century. The toy shop has a variety of tools including a stamping press, grinder, drill press, lathe, and trip hammer. All the toys are connected to pulleys on an overhead line shaft under a roof with two skylights, and a sign labeled “Maschinenfabrik, Augsburg.” Maschinenfabrik is German for “Engineering Works.” A vertical steam engine is connected to the line shaft, powering all the machines in the shop.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: Germany
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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.329089
label: catalog number
content: 329089
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, machine shop
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (roof material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; 57.15 cm x 39.37 cm x 27.305 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 5/8 in x 22 3/8 in x 10 7/8 in; 47.3075 cm x 56.8325 cm x 27.6225 cm