Langes Legetoy Toy Trip-Hammer
Langes Legetoy Toy Trip-Hammer
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- 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
- Object Name
- toy, trip-hammer
- date made
- ca 1950
- place made
- Denmark
- Physical Description
- white metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall - from catalog card: 1 5/8 in x 3 in x 2 in; 4.1275 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm
- overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.7625 cm
- ID Number
- MC.329075
- catalog number
- 329075
- accession number
- 278175
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
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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
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