Rock Island curling iron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Electric curling iron with 61" long cloth-insulated cord, 2-prong plug stamped "Spring Action" and "Patented / in U.S.A. / 660W 250V". Wand is stamped "Rock Island Mfg. Co. Rock Island, Ill. Licensed Slaughter Pats." The patent refers to US Patent 1725229, "Curling Iron," issued 20 April 1929 to Tronc Le Roy, assigned to Maggie May Slaughter, both of Chicago.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Marianne F. Wilson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330773
label: catalog number
content: 330773
label: accession number
content: 298921
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Curling Iron, Electric
label: Object Name
content: curling iron
label: Object Name
content: electric appliance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 1 in x 12 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm x 31.75 cm