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.
Fleischmann is a German manufacturer of model railway products. Fleischmann was founded in Nuremberg in 1887 by Jean Fleischmann, as a toy company. Their first model train, in O scale, was produced in 1938.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
date made
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
place made
Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
Related Publication
Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Family & Social Life
Engineering, Building, and Architecture
Engineering Steam Toys and Models
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_847155