Electric Iron

Electric Iron

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Description
Chrome-plated electric flatiron, dry, no steam function. Triangular-shaped soleplate, curved, streamlined body, narrow heel rest. Horizontal handle, curved and molded black bakelite with three bent, chrome-plated metal wires. Fabric gauge on back end of handle, red molded plastic knob. Above knob is debossed and colored white: “KM” with lightning bolt. Power cord attaches to back of handle, fabric cord, metal coil, black and gold cord, with black plastic plug, two-pronged. Extended heel rest, stamped/engraved: "115V. A.C. ONLY 1000W./ PATS. PEND. PAT. NOS. 1,481,021/1,951,176/99,170/CAT. NO. 468-7/TEL-A-MATIC/MF’D. BY K-M COMPANY/ST. LOUIS, U.S.A.”. Left side is stamped: “25379”
Patents:
1,481,021, January 15, 1924, Laurence K. Marshall, assignor to Spencer Thermostat Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for “Temperature-controlled apparatus”
1,951,176, March 13, 1934, John E. Smith, assignor to Knapp-Monarch Company, St. Louis, Missouri, for “Coating machine and process”
99,170, March 31, 1936, Howard Smith, assignor to Knapp-Monarch Company, St. Louis, Missouri, for “Design for a sadiron”
This iron is from the Hoover Company Sample collection, North Canton, Ohio, including samples by Knapp-Monarch Company, St. Louis (Missouri), which was bought by Hoover in 1969. It is noted: “Hoover Company Collection tag Sample 25379/Rec’d. April 72/Model 468-7; Knapp-Monarch tag, dated 1937.”
Maker is the Knapp-Monarch Company, St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1925 as A.S. Knapp and Company, not as a manufacturer, but to sell products. The company merged with manufacturer Monarch Company of Webster City, Iowa, in 1928. In 1969 the company was acquired by the Hoover Company.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
flatiron, electric
date made
ca 1937
maker
Knapp-Monarch Co.
place made
United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
fabric (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 5 in x 4 1/4 in x 9 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 10.795 cm x 23.1775 cm
ID Number
1991.0835.04
catalog number
1991.0835.04
accession number
1991.0835
Credit Line
Gift of The Hoover Company
subject
appliances
Daily Life
electricity
Household Tools and Equipment
Laundry
Patented
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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