Rotary Style Food Mixer

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Description:

Rotary style egg beater made of sheet metal. Large steel crankwheel mounted on upper framework, set vertically between two smaller cog wheels which enable the mixing motion when cranked by the coiled wire crank grip. Two bulb-shaped mixing components, each with four wings (bent sheet metal). Bent sheet metal handle at top. Crank wheel is marked: "LADD BEATER/ PAT'D JULY 7, 1908/Feb. 21, 1915/No O/NEW YORK, U.S.A./UNITED ROYALTIES CORP."

Patent Number US 892856 A, by Earnest W. Ladd, of Washington, District of Columbia, for "EGG BEATER".

Date Made: 1908-1915

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New YorkPlace Used: United States: Ohio, Columbus

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Mary Eloise Green

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.322793.30Accession Number: 322793Collector/Donor Number: 432Catalog Number: 322793.30

Object Name: beater

Physical Description: metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 7/8 in x 9 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 25.0825 cm x 7.9375 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4ad0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_867282

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