Sunbeam Electric Percolator
name: label: maker
content: Sunbeam Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: Sunbeam manufactured this automatic electric percolator during the 1950s. In a general trend of electrifying kitchen appliances, the electric percolator and coffeemaker replaced the old kettle. In the electric percolator, the base is filled with water and heat is supplied from an electrical element built in to the base. Once the percolator is plugged in, the heated water is driven up a hollow stem and through a filter basket containing the grounds, and “repercolated” again and again until the desired coffee strength is reached. This Sunbeam model has a dial at the base allowing the coffee to be brewed milder or stronger.
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edgar Wolf, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3012.04
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content: 1988.3012
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3012.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: percolator, electric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 27.305 cm x 23.8125 cm x 15.875 cm