General Electric D-12 type 2 electric toaster
date: label: Date made
content: 1909
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: Four heating coils mounted on mica insulation; wire frame with extended side wires; ornamental porcelain base. The wire basket in this second D-12 model does not include wires connecting the sides to the central section that prevented the slice of toast from being removed from either end of the unit. Original owner died in 1908. No toasters are listed in Heating Units section of 1907 GE supplies catalog. 1909 catalog has what is essentially this item (p.10). Cost for plain-base unit was $3, or $4.50 with cord; $1 more for ornamental base. Specified at 600 watts at various voltages (from about 90 to about 130). 1911 and 913-14 catalogues show essentially the same item, with some changes in the wire frame. 1923 catalog shows new type. Porcelain base with floral decoration, base cracked. See p.11 and p.16 in "Early Electric American Toasters" by Charles P. Fisher, 1987.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Priscilla Griffin de Mauduit
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.329287
label: catalog number
content: 329287
label: accession number
content: 280675
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Toaster, Electric
label: Object Name
content: electric kitchen appliance
label: Other Terms
content: Toaster, Electric; Appliances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 9 in x 4 in; 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm x 10.16 cm