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Toy Power Shovel, c.1930 (cast iron)

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SMT1216952
Image title
Toy Power Shovel, c.1930 (cast iron)
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American School, (20th century) / American
Location
National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Medium
cast iron
Date
c. 1930 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

This toy steam shovel called the “Marion,” made around 1930 by the Kenton Hardware Company, represents a power shovel produced by another important Ohio company, the Marion Steam Shovel Company, which provided shovels that helped alter land for the expanding railroads and for the digging of the Panama Canal.

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© Smithsonian Institution / Bridgeman Images
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child / toy / game / metal / power shovel / shovels / diggers / metallic / toys / vehicle / kenton hardware company / vehicles / machines / industry / digger / machine / caterpillar tracks / transportation / industrial / marion steam shovel company / transport
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Medium 1024 × 768 px 87 × 65 mm 543 KB

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