Object Details
maker
Simplex Electric Company
Description
Side-loading electric toaster (A) with power cord (B). Rectangular body, with doors of sheet metal (nickel-plated steel) on either side, attached porcelain knob handle on the top of each door. Door pulls open and closes to hold toast in place, against metal wires which are heated by two interior white ceramic heating elements. Handle at top, two straps of metal with turned wooden grip in center, black. Base is cast iron, painted black. Power cord attaches on side. Bottom of base is stamped: "SIMPLEX SHCo. QUALITY/211 V 110 4.5/S 377673".
Power cord (B) is black, white, and gray fabric, molded bakelite, metal coil near plug. Plug is debossed: "RODALE/5A.250V.10A.125V."
Model T-211.
Patent US 951765 A, March 8, 1910, James I. Ayer, assignor to Simplex Electric Heating Company, Boston, Massachusetts, for "Electric toaster"
Maker is Simplex Electric Heating Company, Boston, Massachusetts (circa 1895-1917, when Edison Electric Appliance Company purchased it. The name was carried on for a short period of time after the purchase).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen-Marie Fruth
date made
1909-1917
ID Number
1990.0176.01
catalog number
1990.0176.01
accession number
1990.0176
Object Name
toaster
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
ceramic (overall material)
wood (handle grip material)
fabric (cord material)
plastic (cord material)
Measurements
overall: 8 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 4 5/8 in; 22.225 cm x 20.955 cm x 11.7475 cm
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1060602