Engineering, Building, and Architecture - Overview
Not many museums collect houses. The National Museum of American History has four, as well as two outbuildings, 11 rooms, an elevator, many building components, and some architectural elements from the White House. Drafting manuals are supplemented by many prints of buildings and other architectural subjects. The breadth of the museum's collections adds some surprising objects to these holdings, such as fans, purses, handkerchiefs, T-shirts, and other objects bearing images of buildings.
The engineering artifacts document the history of civil and mechanical engineering in the United States. So far, the Museum has declined to collect dams, skyscrapers, and bridges, but these and other important engineering achievements are preserved through blueprints, drawings, models, photographs, sketches, paintings, technical reports, and field notes.
"Engineering, Building, and Architecture - Overview" showing 10 items.
Langes Legetoy Toy Tumbler
- Description (Brief)
- This toy tumbler was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The tumbler is octagonal shaped with an opening latch and pulley to allow it to be connected to a power source. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329074
- catalog number
- 329074
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Langes Legetoy Toy Trip-Hammer
- Description (Brief)
- This toy trip-hammer was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The trip-hammer is on a red metal base with flywheel. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329075
- catalog number
- 329075
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Langes Legetoy Toy Drill Press
- Description (Brief)
- This toy drill press was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The toy is made of cast metal painted red but is missing the ribbed steel band that runs from the lower pulley to the upper pulley to spin the drill. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329076
- catalog number
- 329076
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Langes Legetoy Toy Shaper
- Description (Brief)
- This toy shaper was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The shaper is made of cast metal, painted red, with a sliding ram driven by the flywheel. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329077
- catalog number
- 329077
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Langes Legetoy Toy Punch Press
- Description (Brief)
- This toy punch press was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The press has a base made of cast metal painted red, with a flywheel that drives the press up and down. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329078
- catalog number
- 329078
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Langes Legetoy Toy Circular Saw
- Description (Brief)
- This toy circular saw was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The circular saw is in a cast metal base painted red and could spin when its shaft was attached to an engine. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329079
- catalog number
- 329079
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Langes Legetoy Toy Lathe
- Description (Brief)
- This toy lathe was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The lathe is made of a cast metal base that is painted red. The pulley is used to spin the spindle part of the lathe, and the tool rest is able to slide to change the bed length. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329080
- catalog number
- 329080
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Langes Legetoy Toy Dual Grinder
- Description (Brief)
- This toy grinder was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The grinder consists of two grindstones on a central shaft with a pulley in the center that spins both stones. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329081
- catalog number
- 329081
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Langes Legetoy Toy Grinder
- Description (Brief)
- This toy grinder was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The grinder consists of a cast metal base painted red, with a grindstone in the center that has a shaft and pulley wheel that allows the grindstone to be attached to a power source and spun. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329082
- catalog number
- 329082
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Langes Legetoy Toy Grinder
- Description (Brief)
- This toy grinder was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The grinder consists of a cast metal base painted red, with a grindstone in the center that has a shaft and pulley wheel that allows the grindstone to be attached to a power source and spun. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC*329083
- catalog number
- 329083
- accession number
- 278175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center