Pacific Electric model H "Standard Hotpoint" iron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1914
name: label: maker
content: Pacific Electric Heating Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 3-pound domestic iron consists of a stamped steel case (plated with nickel) on top of a nickel-plated piece of cast iron. A heating element within the stamped steel case directly heats the cast iron surface for ironing. A black-painted wooden handle connects to another piece of stamped steel that is screwed into the main housing of the unit. Two electrodes on the end of the iron fit within and attach to a Bakelite terminal connected to a cloth cord. This is a “single heat" iron, there is no switch. Manufacturer's plate reads; "Standard Hotpoint Iron. Pacific Electric Healing
label: Description (Brief)
content: Company, Ontario, Cal (3 lb. Model H) Chicago, Ill. Volts 110 No 1011 Amps 3, Patented 6-20-05 And 1-9-06 Patents Pending.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This iron dates from circa 1913-1915. It was one of the last models produced by the Pacific Electric Heating Company before they became a division of General Electric. This is one of the first Pacific Electric Irons to exhibit the same Hotpoint logo that would be used by GE from 19)5 well into the 1930s. Unlike the pre-1910 irons by the Pacific Electric Healing Company, this unit is
label: Description (Brief)
content: not made of a heavy cast iron framework, and unlike these first Hotpoint irons, it lacks a layer of asbestos sandwiched between the lower heating elements and the top of the iron. So this was one of the first lighter weight irons manufactured by the Pacific Electric, it is half the weight of the traditional six-pound iron. References: Electrical World, American Electrician, and Hotpoint Electric Heating Catalogs from 19|3-1915.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from John G. Ketteman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330767
label: catalog number
content: 330767
label: accession number
content: 298636
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Iron, Electric
label: Object Name
content: electric iron
label: Object Name
content: electric appliance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 6 3/8 in; 10.7696 cm x 6.985 cm x 16.1925 cm