Advertisement for "Fire King Gas Ranges"
date: label: Date
content: 1900–10
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, curved top and bottom, featuring black printed decoration of female in blouse, tie, long skirt, and upswept hair cleaning beneath range top, inscribed above "The Great White Enameled Top. Fire King Gas Ranges. Top Hinges Back. Burners Lift Out. Easily Kept Clean. Low in Price." Inscribed below "Manufactured By A. Weiskittel & Son, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A." Reverse features hot plate, inscribed above "A Match Is All The Kindling Required Where Fire King Gas Stoves And Ranges Are Used." Inscribed below "New Fire King Hot Plate With Hinged Top Gratings And Removable Drilled Burners." Inscribed in fine print below "The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.J." Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Newark, New Jersey, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1980-14-691
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Plated metal, printed celluloid
label: Dimensions
content: 6.9 x 4 x 1 cm (2 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in. )