Weeden No. 49 Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts produced the Weeden No. 49 toy steam engine from 1898 until 1926. The toy consists of a vertical brass boiler with sight glass and horizontal slide valve engine with dual flywheels and flyball governor. The engine is mounted on a brown metal stand, which is attached to a brown metal base with six legs.
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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 <i>Youth’s Companion</i> magazine. Weeden made over a hundred different models of toy steam engines until the company ceased operations in 1952.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Engineering Steam Toys and Models
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.328963
label: catalog number
content: 328963
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 11 in; 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 3 1/2 in; x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: base - from catalog card: 10 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; x 26.67 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/8 in x 10 1/4 in x 7 in; 28.8925 cm x 26.035 cm x 17.78 cm