HOSTESS Sandwich Toaster
HOSTESS Sandwich Toaster
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- Description
- Electric sandwich toaster or grill. Ceramic body, rectangular-block form, faceted top, burnt orange-red and opalescent white. Two flat cast aluminum grill-tops connected at back with iron coil and side brackets, clamshell style. Long wooden cylindrical handle at front, horizontal, black. Flared legs with arched base. Metal underside. Two prongs to attach power cord at side, inside body, cord missing. Overall abrasions and residue, top and bottom are slightly misaligned. Front has glazed cartouche, white with gold writing, old English, cursive, sans serif: “HOSTESS/Sandwich Toaster/VOLTS 110 WATTS 400/ALL RITE CO. – RUSHVILLE, IND.”
- This toaster was one of the first sandwich toasters to appear on the market, circa 1920-1922.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- grill, sandwich
- Other Terms
- Grill; Electric
- date made
- 1920-1922
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Rushville
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- ceramic (overall material)
- wood (handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 5/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 6 in; 11.7475 cm x 23.495 cm x 15.24 cm
- ID Number
- 1992.0338.34
- catalog number
- 1992.0338.34
- accession number
- 1992.0338
- Credit Line
- Gift of Joyce Barth & Florence E. Scuderi
- subject
- appliances
- Food Culture
- kitchen
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Food
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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