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The Hawekotte & Klausmann Toy & Novelty Company (H&K) began about 1907 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
In 1908, H&K was issued a patent for an Electromagnetic Toy Steam Engine, and the manufacture of electric toys and accessories began in earnest. The last references to H&K as an operating business were in 1921.
It is unclear as to the number of toy items that H&K produced because they marked many of their products with a paper label which tended to fall off.
The above historical information comes from Don Stinson’s 2006 booklet, “H-K, Hawekotte & Klausman Toy and Novelty Company”. Mr. Stinson credits most of the research for the booklet to Dr. E.E. Taylor of Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Toy in this video was purchased at the Pook & Pook Auction of the Morton A. Hirschberg Steam Toy Collection in February 2009.
Mr Hirschberg included the Toy in his seminal work, “Steam Toys, A Symphony in Motion” on page 151 and describes this Toy as “Merry-go-round with six seats, circa 1920, 23.2d x 38cm. Mounted on a plastic board with an electric motor.”