Object Details
- Description
- The Hubley Manufacturing Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania produced this toy road roller around 1935. Incorporated in 1894, the company made electric train related equipment before moving into the toy business in 1909. The cast iron toys were modeled on actual vehicles or machinery. The Huber mark refers to the Huber Manufacturing Company. Inventor and industrialist Edward Huber's Huber Manufacturing Company made farm machinery in Marion, Ohio. The company is credited with inventing the first workable gasoline tractor.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Edith R. Meggers
- ID Number
- ER.314637.12613
- accession number
- 314637
- catalog number
- 314637.12613
- Object Name
- Toy Road Roller
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- red; green (overall color)
- iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 13.335 cm x 13.97 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Toys
- Record ID
- nmah_1115813
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-82e7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
