Sunkist® Juicit® Electric Juicer
date: label: date made
content: 1934-1940
name: label: maker
content: Chicago Electric Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Electric juicer.
label: Description
content: Cylindrical steel body/base (A), electric motor and components encased inside. Chrome-plated stand and top, mid-section painted white with circular metal tag attached, printed in cream and orange: “CAT. NO. 2700/APPROVED BY Sunkist ®/Juicit ®/A HANDY HOT PRODUCT”. Bottom is hollow to allow heat venting, has spots for three black rubber feet (two are missing). Top has molded spout, metal rod attachment for glass juicing attachment (B) to sit. Silver On/Off switch in back. Black rubber power chord with two-prong plug attached in back. Yellow paper “Underwriters laboratories” tag attached to cord.
label: Description
content: Top of cylinder is stamped: ”Handyhot/CAT. NO. 2700 UL/ALTERNATING CURRENT ONLY/PAT. NO. 1,962,856/CHICAGO ELECTRIC MFG. COMPANY/MADE IN U.S.A.”; also stamped “OIL” near oil opening at center top.
label: Description
content: B. Molded glass juicing receptacle, white, with spout and raised hole in center; fits on top of body (A).
label: Description
content: C. Molded metal strainer, flat, to be placed inside juicing receptacle (B). Holes throughout, three feet on bottom, which is stamped: “6/THIS SIDE DOWN”.
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content: D. Molded cone-shaped juice reamer, white porcelain. Sits on top of raised hole in center of (B).
label: Description
content: Patent US 1962856 A, June 12, 1934, B. A. BENSON, assignor to Chicago Electric Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois, for “Orange juice extractor”
label: Description
content: Maker is Chicago Electric Manufacturing Company (Mary Dunbar), (circa 1902-1953, when the Silex Corporation acquired the company). The Company’s products (a range of household appliances including waffle irons, grills, toasters, even an ice cream freezer) carry the “Handyhot”, “Victory Brand”, “Mary Dunbar”, and “Handymix” labels.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0747.2
label: accession number
content: 1988.0747
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0747.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: juicer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (receptacle material)
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content: metal (strainer material)
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content: porcelain (reamer material)
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content: rubber (cord material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (cord material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 5 3/8 in; 23.495 cm x 16.51 cm x 13.6525 cm