Model Plow
notes: label: Description
content: This single reversible right and left plow model is part of a large collection of model plows that were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the U.S. National Museum in 1910. In 1952, curator Edward C. Kendall researched the model plows and desired to catalog and identify the typology of the hundreds of models, and his research led him to believe the models were made in Germany. Through correspondence with Kendall, Professor W.E. Fishcher Schlemm of the Royal Agricultural College in Stuttgart Hohenheim confirms that the models at the Smithsonian were made at a model factory previously connected with the college. Fischer Schlemm believed that Ludwig von Rau was in charge of having the models made when he worked at the school from 1852 until 1872. Fischer Schlemm said he owned a list of the models with their country of origin, which curator Kendall was keenly seeking. The list is not in the file, perhaps it exists elsewhere.
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Hohenheim
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Agriculture
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Department of Interior
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.261525
label: catalog number
content: 261525
label: accession number
content: 51116
label: maker number
content: 312
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plow model
label: Object Name
content: plow, model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)