Märklin Toy Power Hacksaw
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Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This toy power hacksaw was manufactured by the Märklin Company around 1950. The toy hacksaw has a tin base and clamp with a saw shafted to a flywheel. The hacksaw toy could be connected to the drive wheel of a toy steam engine for power and operate just like its full size counterpart.
- The Märklin Company was established in 1859 in the town of Göppingen, Germany by tin smith Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin. Märklin began his business with the production of tin doll houses, but the company soon began producing a variety of tinplate and metal items, eventually specializing in toys such as this one.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC.329069
- catalog number
- 329069
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- toy, power hack saw
- Measurements
- overall - from catalog card: 4 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm
- overall: 4 1/8 in x 6 in x 2 7/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 15.24 cm x 7.3025 cm
- Related Publication
- Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_847170
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-84b0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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