General Electric type F 13A electric iron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1912
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This electric sad iron consists of a hollow nickel-plated pressed steel framework placed on top of a heavy cast iron ironing section. An electrical heating
label: Description (Brief)
content: unit is directly on top of the bottom cast iron section. A wooden handle is attached to a piece of thin stamped steel bolted directly to the stamped steel framework of the iron's body This is a one-heat iron with no switch. Manufacturer's plate reads: "G E CO USA , Type F 13A, V HO A 5,0 No 8303 Pat Oct 20, 1908, Mar 29, 1910."
label: Description (Brief)
content: This iron dales from approximately 1911-1914. It was produced by General Electric in Schenectady, New York. Like the model D-12 toaster series, this piece dates from before GE's takeover of the Hotpoint Electric Heating Company of Ontario, California. This is among the last of the electric iron models produced by General Electric before their takeover of the Hotpoini factories. References: Electrical World, American Electrician, and GE trade catalogs dating from 1911-1914.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Hautense Doty
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330772
label: catalog number
content: 330772
label: accession number
content: 299046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Iron, Electric
label: Object Name
content: electric iron
label: Object Name
content: electric appliance
label: Other Terms
content: Iron, Electric; Appliances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 9.525 cm x 16.51 cm