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Louisan E. Mamer Rural Electrification Administration Papers

Creator:
Mamer, Stuart M.  Search this
Mamer, Louisan E., 1910-2005  Search this
Names:
Rural Electrification Administration  Search this
Tennessee Valley Authority  Search this
United States. Department of Agriculture  Search this
Extent:
10.1 Cubic feet (31 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Trade catalogs
Manuals
Scrapbooks
Newsletters
Lecture notes
Articles
Specifications
Publications
Photographs
Correspondence
Date:
1927-2002
Summary:
The Mamer collection includes a wide range of materials used to teach concepts and the usage of electricity to predominately rural audiences. Mamer kept many of her materials in labeled notebooks; other papers were filed loosely with no apparent order. The collection materials date pre-dominantly from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. There are some materials from the late 1930s. There is only one item from 1927 and one from 1999.
Scope and Contents:
The Mamer collection materials date pre-dominantly from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. There are some materials from the late 1930s. There is only one item from 1927 and one from 1999. Many materials are undated. The collection includes a wide range of materials used to teach concepts and the usage of electricity to predominately rural audiences. Mamer kept many of her materials in labeled notebooks; other papers were filed loosely with no apparent order.

The arrangement is generally by type or purpose of document. Original order and subject headings have been maintained where it is readily apparent. Mamer filed some materials in broad subject categories, for instance L.P. Gas, Lighting and Electric Ranges; are in Series 1, Subseries 1.2. One of Mamer's systems of keeping notes for presentations was to type talking points on paper, and then cut them into strips, and file them in envelopes under broad categories. These may have been used during oral presentations as mnemonic devices or as simple maxims pertaining to the topic being discussed. (In an October 2004 phone interview Mamer could not recall their specific use.) These can be found in Series 1, Subseries 1.1. Many of the documents in this collection were originally printed on highly acidic paper and extreme care is recommended in handling them.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into three series. The arrangement is generally by type or purpose of document. Many materials are undated.

Series 1: Demonstration & Training Materials, 1932-2002

Subseries 1.1: Demonstrator Notes and Resources, 1936-1994

Subseries 1.2: Electrical Appliance and Subject Files, 1932-1952

Subseries 1.3: Cooperative Study Courses, 1938-1953

Subseries 1.4: Adviser Packets and Co-op Shop Paks, circa 1948-1974

Series 2: Publications, 1927-1999

Series 3: Photographs, Filmstrips, Slides and Vu-Graphs, 1943-1952, undated
Biographical / Historical:
Louisan E. Mamer (1910-2005) was born on August 28, 1910 to Louis H. and Anna Mary Elizabeth Mies Mamer. She graduated from the University of Illinois, College of Agriculture with an AB in 1931. Mamer begin her government career with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), moving to the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1935. The REA was one of President Franklin Roosevelt's programs described collectively as the New Deal. The REA's goal was to bring affordable electricity to rural America. Electrification brought prosperity and an elevated standard of living to rural areas, but initially there was a great deal of ignorance about electricity in its applications and uses. Mamer was hired by the REA as a Home Electrification Specialist, or "demonstrator," to educate people in the uses of electricity.

Mamer was based at the REA headquarters in Washington, DC but traveled extensively throughout the Midwest performing demonstrations of electrical appliances, planning and teaching "training schools" for rural electrical co-op advisors, demonstrators, and home economics teachers initially in the states of Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska. This traveling show came to be known as the "electric circus." Her first show was in the Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Co-op near Anamoso, Iowa. Mamer described the process in a 1975 interview: "We would usually move into a town over the weekend. Having made the move and set up the tents [two large circus tents] and gotten ready for the show during the daytime, say, on a Monday, that night we would have the home electrification specialist (which was my job) demonstrate lighting equipment. I believe the next morning we had a laundry equipment demonstration at about 10 a.m., and in the afternoon, we demonstrated small appliances and some kitchen and laundry planning along the way. The last evening, the home electrification specialist conducted a big cooking duel between two local men. That was a highlight of the whole program." [1]

The electric circus was discontinued in 1941, a victim of WWII gas shortages. Mamer continued educating rural America with the Electro-Economy Tour designed to help the war effort. This was also discontinued due to WWII shortages. After the war, Mamer began traveling and demonstrating again while also developing training courses for the REA and REA co-ops nationwide. Through her demonstrations and training materials, Mamer was not only teaching rural America in the uses of electricity but in a lifestyle reflecting the goals of the New Deal - a better life for average Americans. Mamer's largest audiences seem to have been rural housewives but men were included as well, especially in the "cooking duel". Mamer identified with these women and from her notes and interviews she seems to have firmly believed in her mission to better people's lives through electricity.

In a 1948 article for Practical Home Economics magazine, Mamer briefly described her background and work:

My background is rural; locale, southern Illinois. As I grew, 'college' like 'mama's bank account' was always with us, and we worked to get the money for it --selling pecan meats, mowing, raking, doing everything but plowing for the same pay as the hired men. Finally I had almost $1,000, a fashionable suntan, unfashionable broad shoulders and a "harrowing" walk that served me well in getting about at the University of Illinois.

That first year I planned to become a writer, but by my sophomore year I decided that I should learn something to write about. So I spent my last three years and four summers more becoming a home economist and satisfied my craving for writing on The Daily Illini and the Illinois Agriculturist, college sheets of which I was woman's editor.

My background was, as astrologers would put it, propitious to home economics. My mother had already mothered one family of seven brothers, and she operated on a big scale. We butchered; we churned; we canned; we baked bread; we had two acres of garden, fruit, chickens and a milk route. All this-sans electricity, sans running water.

When I started teaching, an all-electric foods laboratory was a rarity, but I got one and was very proud of it. I also got a great deal of experience which came in handy when I left teaching to take a job in Washington writing for NYA.

REA was so new then that home economics hadn't entered the picture, so I went in as a writer. In 1937, after a training period in TVA, REA sent me to Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska as a regional home economist. Except for being lent briefly to WPB I've been in REA ever since.

My secret ambition is to build a modern house; furnish it modern and Chinese; equip it all-electric and with a husband guaranteed not to wander; operate the whole arrangement at enough profit to provide myself with all the secretarial and other help I would like to have to do my job the way I would like to do it and write besides. [2]

Mamer married Arthur C. Hagen (1911-2000), an REA electrical engineer, on March 20, 1954. She devoted her working life to the REA retiring in 1981. Mamer died in Washington, DC in December 2005.

Footnotes

1. "Bringing Light to Rural America," Rural Cooperatives magazine, March 1998.

2. "Methods of Teaching Home Use of Electricity," part 1 by Louisan E. Mamer, Practical Home Economics magazine, April and May 1948.

Sources

"Bringing Light to Rural America," Rural Cooperatives magazine, March 1998. Campbell, Dan, "When the Lights Came On," Rural Cooperatives Magazine, August 2000.

Troppa, Gina M., "The REA Lady --A Shining Example," Illinois Currents, 2002
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Provenance:
Donated by Louisan E. Mamer to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian in June 2004.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Cookery  Search this
Electric toasters  Search this
Farms  Search this
Electric lighting  Search this
Electricity  Search this
Stoves  Search this
Refrigerators  Search this
Recipes  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Laundry  Search this
New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this
Home economics  Search this
Rural electrification  Search this
Kitchens  Search this
Kitchen appliances  Search this
Genre/Form:
Trade catalogs
Manuals
Scrapbooks
Newsletters -- 20th century
Lecture notes
Articles
Specifications
Publications
Photographs -- 20th century
Correspondence -- 20th century
Citation:
Louisan E. Mamer Rural Electrification Administration Papers, 1927-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0862
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Louisan E. Mamer Rural Electrification Administration Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e48c475b-3cc5-435c-9e69-00db28125c0b
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ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0862
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George Abbe poetry reading/Library of Congress

Artist:
Abbe, George, 1911-1989  Search this
Author:
Abbe, George, 1911-1989  Search this
Collection Creator:
Asch, Moses  Search this
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this
Folkways Records  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Contents:
George Abbe--Boyhood lake revisited--Horizon thing--The animal--The incandescant beach--I saw an army--The handcar--New York City--Thirst and dog running--The giants--Traffic quince--The icehouse--The top of my car, a hand, a keeper--The violation--From the motionless twig--Mint--Poems from dreams--The explanation--A fat man dies--Underground--A nourishment of memory--A waitress I coveted--Changed--Helmeted Madonna--Last patch of snow--Lone immortal car--Hunter with a jagged mouth--The dinner pail--The passer--I became soil--These hills flow downward--Elderly tutor--Tomorrow America pts. 1 and 2--Lost Land/Lost wand--The skull--Sunset and immortality--Water--Electric toaster--Train conductor--Alder red--Remembered cat--Halfback in the open--Mountain--We set the day at our left--The three men--The hockey forward and mankind--The blow--Kinship--Reunciation--My compact car--The steamroller
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-1244
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Topic:
Spoken word  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-1244
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Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
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ead_component:sova-cfch-asch-ref19729

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Collection Creator:
Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this
Container:
Box 124, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1930-1934
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Jacques Seligmann & Co. records
Jacques Seligmann & Co. records / Series 1: Correspondence / 1.4: Museum Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9db87943f-059d-4ce7-b600-8206e2b24d5b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-jacqself-ref12006
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Travel, Virgin Islands (see also oversized, Box 163)

Collection Creator:
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-  Search this
Container:
Box 7, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
January 1949
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Collection, Acc. 1992.0023, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Collection / Series 2: Military Career / 2.3: Materials Arranged by Posting / 2.3.9: Lockbourne AAB/AAF/AFB (Lockbourne, OH), Base Commander
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg241cd39aa-d185-4e23-9a90-68d64c59dcaf
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ead_component:sova-nasm-1992-0023-ref1846
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Hotpoint Electric Toaster

Manufacturer:
Edison General Electric Appliance Co. Inc.  Search this
Designer:
Raymond E. Patten, American, 1897 – 1948  Search this
Medium:
metal, chromium, Bakelite (TM), cord (fiber product)
Dimensions:
H: 17.8 x W: 19.5 x D: 14.5 cm (7 x 7 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Type:
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
electric toaster
Object Name:
electric toaster
Manufactured in:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date:
1932
Credit Line:
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund
Accession Number:
1993-150-37
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42f0d512e-c03d-4dd9-a678-0015a0ba2dfa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1993-150-37
Online Media:

[Trade catalogs from Logan-Gregg Hardware Co.]

Company Name:
Logan-Gregg Hardware Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Hardware ; hand tools ; blow torches ; wheelbarrows ; miners' equipment ; miners' carbide lamps ; miners' belts ; "Fish" brand rubberized and oiled clothing ; livestock supplies ; "calf and cow weaners" ; bull rings ; brushes and combs ; collar pads ; horse covers ; tarpaulins and wagon covers ; bells ; tackle blocks ; plumbing fixtures ; valves ; pipe couplings and traps ; rubber plumbing supplies ; pumps ; screws ; wheels and casters ; padlocks ; "Master" padlocks ; "Sargent" cylinder locks ; keys and key blanks ; window hardware ; mail boxes ; barn door hangers ; paints ; "Rubberset" brushes ; varnish and wall brushes ; other brushes ; paperhangers' tools and supplies ; ladders ; bathroom fixtures ; clothes wringers ; butter churns ; glass butter churn ; coffee mills ; "Dazey" kitchen products , including can openers , a fruit juicer , "Sharpit" knife sharpener , etc. ; egg beaters ; stovetop non-electric toasters ; asbestos mats ; pans ; "NESCO" lithographed kitchenware ; pails , tubs , and buckets ; dinner pails and lunch boxes ; pots ; roasters ; Pyrex glass ware ; Johnson's wax paste and other products ; soaps ; oils ; thermometers ; mouse and rat traps ; scales ; paper bags ; electrical supplies ; switches ; lamps ; light bulbs ; General Electric "Mazda" lamps ; Hamilton Beach and Sunbeam food mixers ; electric toasters ; serving trays ; sandwich toasters ; waffle makers ; waffle irons ; "Blackstone" electric washing machines ; carpet sweepers ; electric sweepers ; vacuum cleaners ; cook stoves ; ranges ; oil stoves ; gas stoves ; register shields ; batteries ; vacuum bottles ; clocks ; watches ; pocket knives ; butcher knives ; other knives ; spatulas ; tableware ; blacksmiths' knives ; farrier's knives ; electric and safety razors ; forks ; lawn and garden supplies ; grass seed ; lawn fencing ; barbed wire ; poultry raising supplies ; baseball , rugby , tennis , and soccer supplies and other sporting goods ; roller and ice skates ; skis and accessories ; "Flexible Flyer" and "Yankee Clipper" sleds ; wagons ; scooters ; velocipedes ; pedaled automobiles ; doll carriages ; bicycles ; electric fans ; spark plugs ; automobile supplies ; tool chests ; Christmas tree lights and holiday supplies ; radio supplies ; radio-record players ; Lionel train outfits and accessories ; fishing rods and reels ; fishing line ; other fishing supplies ; shotguns ; "Winchester" , "Remington" , "Savage" , "Stevens" , "Springfield" , and "Mossberg" firearms ; rifles ; "Daisy" air rifles ; ammunition ; shotgun shells ; hunting clothing and accessories ; gun cleaning supplies ; dog harnesses and supplies ;
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Appliances (household)  Search this
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Artists; drafting; crafts materials and supplies  Search this
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Butchers’ supplies (including meat processing industry)  Search this
Cleaning tools and supplies  Search this
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this
Clothing (including hats; shoes; accessories; etc)  Search this
Cutlery  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)  Search this
Fences  Search this
Firearms  Search this
Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.)  Search this
Garden and lawn equipment and supplies  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this
Paint; varnishes; adhesives; coatings; etc.  Search this
Plumbing supplies and fixtures  Search this
Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Recreation  Search this
Silverware  Search this
Sporting goods  Search this
Taxidermy; hunting and trapping supplies  Search this
Toys and games  Search this
Veterinary and pet supplies  Search this
Chemicals and chemical products  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Adhesives  Search this
Air-compressors  Search this
Amusements  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Artists' materials  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Beverage industry  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Butchers  Search this
Chemicals  Search this
Cleaning compounds  Search this
Cleaning machinery and appliances  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Cutlery  Search this
Dairying  Search this
Distilleries  Search this
Dress accessories  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Farm equipment  Search this
Fence industry  Search this
Firearms industry and trade  Search this
Food industry and trade  Search this
Fur trade  Search this
Games  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_27461
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_27461

[Trade catalogs from United States Mercantile Co.]

Company Name:
United States Mercantile Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Unique. Mail order catalog. Perfume ; watches ; clocks ; Richelieu Pearls ; flower vases ; writing set ; pen and pencil sets ; manicure set ; brownie cameras ; razors ; Mah-Jongg set ; Chinese parasol ; traveling bag ; Boudoir lamp ; ukelele ; mandolin ; Hawaiian guitar ; suitcases ; silverware ; electric toaster, coffee percolator, waffle iron, iron, table stove ; Spalding baseball mitts ; Spalding Kro-Flite golf balls ; Spalding tennis rackets ; fishing rods ; smoking and cigarette sets ; etc.
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
San Francisco, California, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Luggage; travel; travel services and traveling accessories (including trunks; briefcases; and other traveling accessories)  Search this
Furniture and furnishings  Search this
Appliances (household)  Search this
Musical instruments  Search this
Smoking and tobacco accessories  Search this
Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this
Toys and games  Search this
Sporting goods  Search this
Cosmetics  Search this
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this
Barbershop supplies  Search this
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
Silverware  Search this
Topic:
Barbershops  Search this
Briefcases  Search this
Cameras  Search this
Candles  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Cosmetics  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Furniture industry and trade  Search this
Games  Search this
House furnishings  Search this
Household appliances  Search this
Interior decoration  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
Lamps  Search this
Lighting  Search this
Luggage  Search this
Musical instruments  Search this
Photographic industry  Search this
Silverware  Search this
Silverwork  Search this
Smoking paraphernalia  Search this
Sporting goods  Search this
Tobacco industry  Search this
Tobacco jars and boxes  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_28591
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_28591

[Trade catalogs from Winchester Simmons Co.]

Company Name:
Winchester Simmons Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Wilson, Levering & Waters ; Waters, Simmons & Co. ; E. C. Simmons & Co. ; Simmons Hardware Co. ; Winchester Repeating Arms Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Hardware and hand tools ; "Bee-Vac" electric vacuum cleaners ; pocket knives ; tableware ; cutlery ; silverware ; safety razors ; alarm clocks ; "Thermax" electric toasters ; "Dazey" "Sharpit" blade sharpener ; "Claybank" shovels ; stovepipe ; coffee pots ; tea kettles ; double boilers ; "E. C. Simmons" "Run Easy" clothes washer ; electric sad irons ; heaters ; ranges ; "Winchester" rifles and revolvers ; "Daisy" air rifles ; "Barney & Berry" skate and shoe outfits ; ice skates ; velocipedes ; hockey sticks ; "Skeeboggan" "Operates like a Ski and Toboggan combined" [snowboard] ; footballs ; basketballs ; striking bags ; "E. C. Simmons" "Roadster" wagon ; axes ; crowbars ; braces ; "Keen Kutter" planes and other cutlery ; tool sets ; grinders ; pipe wrenches ; drills ; blacksmiths' anvils and supplies ; lathes ; machinists' tools ; agricultural implements ; grain forks ; manure forks ; hay forks ; other forks ; hoes ; garden cultivators ; scythes and sickles ; lawn rollers ; lawn mowers ; "Keen Kutter" lawn trimmers ; spray pumps ; lawn sprinklers ; fire extinguishers ; corn huskers ; motor oil ; tractor oil ; harness oil ; leather and rubber heels for shoes ; hay carriers ; horse collars and saddles ; roofing ; "Simmons" paints ; electric lighting fixtures ; telephone and telegraph wire ; loudspeakers ; food mills ; mixers and beaters ; rat and mouse traps ; sewing machines ; laundry and ironing supplies ; brushes ; refrigerators ; ice cream freezers ; kitchenware ; pans ; "Pyrex" baking ware ; "Thermos" vacuum bottles ; camping equipment ; dog muzzles and harnesses ; fishing equipment ; rods ; nets ; fishing lures ; spinners ; flies ; hooks ; golf equipment ; tennis equipment ; skis ; winter sports equipment ; bicycles and accessories ; automobile parts ; casings and inner tubes ; horns ; cables ; retail equipment ; bookkeeping supplies ; display cases ; storage cases ; window display and store cards ; other products ;
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
5 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this
Appliances (household)  Search this
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Barbershop supplies  Search this
Bicycles  Search this
Camping equipment  Search this
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this
Cutlery  Search this
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Explosives and fireworks  Search this
Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)  Search this
Firearms  Search this
Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.)  Search this
Furniture and furnishings  Search this
Garden and lawn equipment and supplies  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this
Paint; varnishes; adhesives; coatings; etc.  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Recreation  Search this
Refrigeration and ice-making equipment  Search this
Retailers equipment and supplies  Search this
Sewing machines and equipment  Search this
Silverware  Search this
Sporting goods  Search this
Taxidermy; hunting and trapping supplies  Search this
Telephone; telegraph and telecommunications equipment and supplies  Search this
Toys and games  Search this
Woodworking machinery and wood crafts  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Adhesives  Search this
Advertising  Search this
Agricultural implements  Search this
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Air conditioning  Search this
Amusements  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Barbershops  Search this
Beverage industry  Search this
Bicycles  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Business  Search this
Camping equipment industry  Search this
Candles  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Commerce  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Cutlery  Search this
Cycling  Search this
Dairying  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Distilleries  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_28682
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
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Sunbeam model B electric toaster

Maker:
Chicago Flexible Shaft Company  Search this
Sunbeam Corporation  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 10.5 cm x 14 cm x 28.5 cm; 4 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 11 1/4 in
Object Name:
Toaster
electric kitchen appliance
Other Terms:
Toaster; Appliances
Credit Line:
from the Estate of Edith R. Meggers, thru Howard Kolodny
ID Number:
EM.334719
Catalog number:
334719
Accession number:
314637
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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Model D-12 Electric Toaster

Maker:
General Electric Company  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
porcelain (overall material)
nichrome (overall material)
mica (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 7 in x 8 in x 4 in; 17.78 cm x 20.32 cm x 10.16 cm
Object Name:
toaster
electric kitchen appliance
Other Terms:
toaster; Appliances
Date made:
1910
Credit Line:
from Charles Howell
ID Number:
EM.334247
Catalog number:
334247
Accession number:
311699
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American Enterprise
Domestic Furnishings
Exhibition:
American Enterprise
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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Hotpoint model 159T23 electric toaster

Maker:
Edison Electrical Appliance Company  Search this
Physical Description:
black (power cord color)
cloth (power cord material)
metal (frame material)
Measurements:
toaster: 8 in x 7 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 20.32 cm x 18.034 cm x 12.954 cm
Object Name:
Toaster
electric appliance
Other Terms:
Toaster; Appliances
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
c1930
Date made:
ca 1930
Credit Line:
From Community Auction by Bernard Finn
ID Number:
1983.0888.01
Accession number:
1983.0888
Catalog number:
1983.0888.01
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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Great Northern model 102 electric toaster

Maker:
Great Northern Manufacturing Co.  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 6 in x 6 in x 6 in; 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm
Object Name:
Toaster
electric kitchen appliance
Other Terms:
Toaster; Appliances
Date made:
c1926
Date made:
ca 1926
Credit Line:
from Mrs. Edward Everett
ID Number:
EM.330715
Catalog number:
330715
Accession number:
297202
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Universal model E947 electric toaster

Maker:
Landers, Frary & Clark  Search this
Measurements:
toaster, electric: 7 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 in; 19.05 cm x 19.05 cm x 7.62 cm
Object Name:
Toaster
electric kitchen appliance
Other Terms:
Toaster; Appliances
Credit Line:
from Thomas J. Kliminski
ID Number:
EM.330720
Catalog number:
330720
Accession number:
297047
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Sunbeam model B electric toaster

Maker:
Sunbeam Corporation  Search this
Chicago Flexible Shaft Company  Search this
Physical Description:
cardboard (box material)
Measurements:
overall: 11 cm x 28.4 cm x 14 cm; 4 5/16 in x 11 3/16 in x 5 1/2 in
Object Name:
Toaster
electric kitchen appliance
Credit Line:
from Mr. & Mrs. Harry Failing
ID Number:
EM.336530
Catalog number:
336530
Accession number:
1978.0388
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Exhibition:
Lighting a Revolution
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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Hotpoint model 129T31 electric toaster

Designer:
Patten, Raymond E.  Search this
Maker:
Edison Electrical Appliance Company  Search this
Edison General Electric Appliance Co., Inc.  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 6 3/4 in x 6 in; 17.145 cm x 15.24 cm
Object Name:
toaster
Toaster
electric appliance
Other Terms:
Toaster; Appliances
Date made:
c1933
Date made:
ca 1933
Credit Line:
from Hilda M. Workinger
ID Number:
EM.334709
Catalog number:
334709
Accession number:
311318
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Manning-Bowman model 1226 electric toaster

Maker:
Manning-Bowman & Co.  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm
Object Name:
Toaster
electric kitchen appliance
Other Terms:
Toaster; Appliances
Credit Line:
from Elick E. Norris
ID Number:
EM.336454
Catalog number:
336454
Accession number:
1977.1195
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Westinghouse 196157A type C electric toaster

Maker:
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 4 1/2 in x 7 in x 11 in; 11.43 cm x 17.78 cm x 27.94 cm
Object Name:
Toaster, Electric
toaster
electric kitchen appliance
Other Terms:
Toaster, Electric; Appliances
Date made:
c1911
Date made:
ca 1911
Credit Line:
From Stanley F. Bubar
ID Number:
EM.330559
Catalog number:
330559
Accession number:
293966
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General Electric D-12 type 2 electric toaster

Maker:
General Electric Company  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 7 in x 9 in x 4 in; 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm x 10.16 cm
Object Name:
Toaster, Electric
electric kitchen appliance
Other Terms:
Toaster, Electric; Appliances
Date made:
1909
Credit Line:
from Priscilla Griffin de Mauduit
ID Number:
EM.329287
Catalog number:
329287
Accession number:
280675
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Exhibition:
Lighting a Revolution
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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Electric Toaster

Maker:
Landers, Frary & Clark  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
nickel plated (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 7 1/8 in x 5 3/16 in x 7 3/8 in; 18.0975 cm x 13.17625 cm x 18.7325 cm
Object Name:
toaster
Place made:
United States: Connecticut, New Britain
Date made:
ca 1914
Patent date:
1914 -07-28
Subject:
Household Tools and Equipment  Search this
Patented  Search this
Credit Line:
Mrs. John H. Murray
ID Number:
DL.69.0327
Catalog number:
69.0327
Accession number:
283313
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Food
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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"Breakfaster" Electric Toaster

Maker:
Calkins Appliance Corporation  Search this
Physical Description:
aluminum (overall material)
plastic (Bakelite) (handle; base material)
cloth (cord covering material)
Measurements:
overall: 5 1/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 7 3/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 24.765 cm x 18.7325 cm
Object Name:
toaster
Place made:
United States: Michigan, Niles
Date made:
1945-1946
ID Number:
1987.3084.01
Nonaccession number:
1987.3084
Catalog number:
1987.3084.1 A,B
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