Bathe Toy Gasoline Engine
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Bathe Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania manufactured this toy outboard marine gas engine during the early 20th century. The engine has two opposing cylinders with a two-blade propeller. The Bathe Manufacturing Company was owned by Greville Bathe, a machinist and engine hobbyist who donated this object to the museum.
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.329046
label: catalog number
content: 329046
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, gasoline engine
label: Object Name
content: gasoline engine, toy
label: Object Name
content: gasoline engine, toy, marine
label: Object Name
content: toy, marine gasoline engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass, glass, wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 7 in; 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 5 in x 5 5/8 in; 19.3675 cm x 12.7 cm x 14.2875 cm