Marx model 1239 Toy Train Transformer: Museum Object and Cultural History
Marx model 1239 Toy Train Transformer: date made: ca 1938. maker: Louis Marx and Company. Object Name: transformer.
The object in the museum catalogue
A transformer to operate a toy train. Black-painted steel casing with steel handle on top. Two binding posts on right side ("7 - 13 volts to track") along with a red plastic cover for an indicator lamp / reset button. Label on top reads: "Toy / Transformer / [Marx logo] / Louis Marx & Co. Inc. / New York / Made in U.S.A. / Patent No. 2019196 / 110-120 Volts A.C. 60 Cycles / Output 50 Watts / Cat. No. 1239". Label on side indicates a "Built-in Circuit Breaker".
Reference: US Patent 2019196, "Transformer," issued 29 October 1935 to Anthony N. Smith.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1938
- maker: Louis Marx and Company
- Object Name: transformer
- Object Name: rheostat - transformer
- Object Name: rheostat
- Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number: 1994.0340.01
- accession number: 1994.0340
- catalog number: 1994.0340.01
- Credit Line: from Lois Greene Stone
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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