Weeden No. 34 Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Weeden Model No. 34 toy steam engine was produced by the Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts from 1896 until 1940. This toy steam engine features a brass boiler with star cutout that is painted blue. The horizontal boiler, flywheel, and engine sit on an iron frame.
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
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, New Bedford
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. August Mencken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.322912
label: catalog number
content: 322912
label: accession number
content: 220719
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: russia iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: boiler, horizontal: 7 1/2 in x 3 in; x 19.05 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 24.4475 cm x 24.765 cm x 11.43 cm