Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts produced this Weeden No. 34 toy steam engine during the late 19th century until around 1940. This toy steam engine features a brass boiler with two star cutouts, and three circular cutouts through the middle. The horizontal boiler, flywheel, and engine sit on an iron frame. The engine is on top of the boiler, making this an “overtype” engine.
- The Weeden Manufacturing Company was founded in New Bedford, Massachusetts by William M. Weeden in the early 1880s, originally producing a variety of tinplate household items. In 1884 it introduced the Weeden No. 1 Steam engine as “a new and great premium for boys” who were subscribers to the Youth’s Companion magazine. Weeden made over a hundred different models of toy steam engines until the company ceased operations in 1952.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- early 20th century
- ID Number
- MC.328965
- catalog number
- 328965
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- toy, steam engine and boiler
- Physical Description
- cast iron (overall material)
- tin (boiler material)
- Measurements
- boiler: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; x 19.05 cm x 11.43 cm
- flywheel: 4 in; x 10.16 cm
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- overall: 9 7/8 in x 9 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 25.0825 cm x 23.8125 cm x 11.43 cm
- Related Publication
- Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Family & Social Life
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_847150
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8350-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
