"Tom Thumb" Locomotive Model
date: label: date made
content: 1933
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This model of the Tom Thumb Locomotive was made by Bathe & Williams of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1933. Greville Bathe was a machinist and steam engine hobbyist who would fashion his own parts to complete toy steam engines and models like this one. This model is a representation of the Tom Thumb Locomotive, and early American locomotive built by Peter Cooper in 1830 to prove that a steam-powered locomotive could navigate the hills and twists of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The model consists of an upright boiler, vertical engine, and geared drive.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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.329095
label: catalog number
content: 329095
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: locomotive, Tom Thumb
label: Object Name
content: locomotive, tom thumb, model
label: Object Name
content: model, locomotive
label: Object Name
content: model, steam locomotive
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 10 in x 19 1/2 in x 9 in; 25.4 cm x 49.53 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/4 in x 19 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 48.895 cm x 50.165 cm x 23.495 cm