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Physical Description:
iron (grate, burner tubes material)
iron (grate finish material)
enamel (grate and grate support finish material)
chrome plate (base, nozzle material)
metal, white (stopcock material)
ceramic (stopcock handle material)
sheet, metal (toaster top, body, base material)
wire, metal (toaster support material)
Measurements:
overall: 8 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 22.225 cm x 16.51 cm x 22.225 cm
Object Name:
toaster
Place made:
United States: Ohio, Cleveland
Date made:
ca 1930
Description:
Five-jet single burner on four splayed tab feet with a circular, four-arm, fixed grate and white ceramic-handled stopcock or shut-off valve; for use with Colt carbide-feed acetylene gas generator. Separate four-sided toaster; consists of a tiered top piece, pyramidal body with four columns of horizontal pierced slots on each side and rounded-corner square base, all held together with bent wire racks with projections for holding bread. No maker's marks on either piece.
America Lava Corporation of Chattanooga, TN (1902-1981) produced ceramic insulators for acetylene burners and, later, electrical equipment. Dates of operation for the Acetylene Stove Manufacturing Company not known.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Cooking  Search this
Household Tools and Equipment  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of The Eastern Light Company
ID Number:
1977.0935.13
Catalog number:
1977.0935.13
Accession number:
1977.0935
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Energy & Power
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-a627-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1456496