Miracle electric flour sifter
date: label: Date made
content: c.1950
label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: maker
content: Miracle Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cylindrical housing containing a small electric motor mounted in the center near the bottom. A wire mesh screen covers the bottom and is attached to the bottom of the motor-cover. A two-conductor cord emerges from the side of the housing thru a grommet and extends 69. An unpolarized two-prong plug is mounted on the end of the cord. Cord appears to be original. A stamped metal-disc is seated inside the housing and encircles the motor. When the unit operates, this disc does not spin - it simply vibrates in place. Six (roughly rectangular) holes are stamped in the disc. The cut-outs on three are still attached and have been bent downward at a 90 degree angle creating leg-like structures which agitate the flour. Object purchased in a Savage, MD. antique shop in 1998.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0030.17
label: accession number
content: 2003.0030
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0030.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sifter, Electric
label: Object Name
content: electric kitchen appliance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 4 in; 14.605 cm x 10.16 cm