Electric Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Knapp-Monarch Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Electric flatiron with steam function. Chrome-plated metal body, pointed, matte soleplate. Streamlined, oval shape. Molded plastic handle has flared back, with power cord attached on right side of handle. Heat control dial built into top of body, molded plastic dial. Cap on top of body opens to allow water to fill cavity for steam. On off switch on top of body, rubber tip. Bent metal heel rest at back. Woven fabric power cord, gold, with brown molded plastic plug, two-pronged. Chrome-plated metal plate attached at back of handle, embossed: “KM/STEEM-R-DR/ICAT NO 20-520/V115 ACW 1150/KNAPP-MONARCH CO./ST. LOUIS,U.S.A”; Hoover collection number stamped on right side of soleplate: “25113”
label: Description
content: This iron is from the Hoover Company Sample collection, North Canton, Ohio, including samples by Knapp-Monarch Company, St. Louis (Missouri), which was bought by Hoover in 1969. It is noted: “Hoover Company Collection tag Sample 25113/Rec’d. 11/23/48/Model D/”HISTORICAL MODEL”.
label: Description
content: Maker is the Knapp-Monarch Company, St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1925 as A.S. Knapp and Company, not as a manufacturer, but to sell products. The company merged with manufacturer Monarch Company of Webster City, Iowa, in 1928. In 1969 the company was acquired by the Hoover Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Hoover Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0835.10
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0835.10
label: accession number
content: 1991.0835
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 8 7/8 in; 14.2875 cm x 13.335 cm x 22.5425 cm