Weeden Toy Power-pump
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: This is a four-legged Weeden toy power-pump. It is all white and also consists of a flywheel. It was manufactured by the Weeden Manufacturing Company.
label: Description
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
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.329067
label: catalog number
content: 329067
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Toy, Power Pump
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 4 1/2 in x 2 3/16 in; x 11.43 cm x 5.588 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 1 3/8 in; x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 12.065 cm x 6.0325 cm x 12.3825 cm