Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The Fleischmann No.155/1 Toy Steam Roller was produced by the Fleischmann Company of Nuremberg, Germany around 1953-1955. Nuremburg toy companies were located in the American-occupied zone of Germany after World War II, and made toys exclusively for American resale as a way to get foreign currency into the country. Many Nuremburg tin toys from this time bear either the stamp “Made in US Zone Germany” or “Made in Western Germany ” as this one does. This steam roller consists of a black firebox, tin boiler, red cab with black canopy, and flywheel banded to back wheel that supplied the roller with its motion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- mid 20th century
- ID Number
- MC.328927
- catalog number
- 328927
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- toy, steam engine and boiler
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 9 in; 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm
- overall: 7 1/4 in x 9 in x 3 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 22.86 cm x 8.89 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_847155
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-84a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
