Frisbie’s Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: 1871
name: label: maker
content: Frisbie, Russel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy steam engine was manufactured by the J. & E. Stevens Company of Cromwell, Connecticut during the late 19th and early 20th century. Russel Frisbie patented this steam engine model in 1872 when he was an employee of the J. & E. Stevens Company, and the company went on to produce the toy for many years. The toy consists of a three-legged kettle boiler, slide valve engine, walking beam, and flywheel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Cromwell
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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.328979
label: catalog number
content: 328979
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 6 in x 5 in; 20.955 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 8 1/2 in; 21.59 cm