Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This Weeden Toy Steam Traction Engine was manufactured by the Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts from around 1926-1935. The steam traction engine consists of a black firebox, tin boiler painted brown and horizontal engine powering a flywheel which is chained to the rear wheel. The back of the engine has a steam whistle, and the rear is stamped “WEEDEN/TRADEMARK/U.S. Patent Office.”
- 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
- ca 1900
- ID Number
- MC.328928
- catalog number
- 328928
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- toy, traction engine
- Measurements
- overall - from catalog card: 7 1/2 in x 7 in; 19.05 cm x 17.78 cm
- overall: 7 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 6 3/8 in; 18.7325 cm x 8.89 cm x 16.1925 cm
- Related Publication
- Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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- Family & Social Life
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_847159
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-84a5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
