Colt Carbide Gas Flatiron on Stand
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: J. B. Colt & Company
notes: label: Description
content: Pointed-toe iron with black D-grip handle and removable flexible hose for use with Colt carbide-feed acetylene gas generator; rests on conforming "COLT" trivet or stand with three peg legs and four prongs to hold iron in place. Ignition hole at tip of deflector and screw-valve to regulate heat at its heel. Asbestos lining between deflector and body, which is lined with brass mesh and has semicircular vents at sides and an angled pipe with stop-cock extending from center back. Spiral-pattern, woven cloth-covered hose with spiral springs at both ends. New, unused condition.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place owned
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Allentown
topic: label: Subject
content: Heating
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Energy & Power
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Eastern Light Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0935.10
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0935.10
label: accession number
content: 1977.0935
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flatiron with Stand
label: Object Name
content: flatiron
label: Object Name
content: stand, flatiron
label: Object Name
content: flatiron, carbide gas
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (sole material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (wire mesh lining; hose fitting material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (hose material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (hose covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (hose springs material)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (insulators material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, flatiron: 6 7/8 in x 17 in x 8 1/4 in; 17.4625 cm x 43.18 cm x 20.955 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, trivet: 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 17.145 cm x 11.7475 cm