Weeden Toy Steam Engine No. 47
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The model No. 47 Weeden Toy Steam Engine was produced by the Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts from 1898 until 1913. The toy engine consists of a horizontal brass boiler with flywheel and centrifugal flyball governor mounted on a cast iron base. The cast iron base is stamped “WEEDEN MANF. Co. No. 47”.
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 Vincent Brazier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0115.01
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0115.01
label: accession number
content: 2001.0115
objectType: label: Object Name
content: steam engine, toy
label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 8 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in x 6 in; 20.955 cm x 26.67 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/8 in x 6 in x 10 1/2 in; 20.6375 cm x 15.24 cm x 26.67 cm