Vulcan Gas Stove
date: label: date made
content: ca 1907-1910
notes: label: Description
content: Single-burner gas stove and heater consisting of a cylindrical, perforated outer shell or casing containing a conical incandescent member; brass supply valve with threaded connector at back. Rubber hose wrapped around base. Cast, removable grill top has "PAT. / APP'D. / FOR" and "VULCAN (arched) / 345" in raised sans serif letters inside ovals on opposite sides of the open-scroll border. Cast shell-and-scroll base with four feet has "W. H. CRANE (arched) / CO. / N. Y." in raised sans serif letters on one side.
label: Description
content: John M. Brock of New York, NY, assignor to William H. Crane Company, also of New York, NY, filed his application for the design of this gas stove on September 16, 1907, and received U.S. Patent No. 978,127 for it on December 6, 1910. W. H. Crane manufactured gas appliances under the "Vulcan" brand name.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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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 Waggaman-Brawner Realty Corporation (through William W. Brawner)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.0212A
label: catalog number
content: 60.0212A
label: accession number
content: 226327
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stove, gas
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (casing material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (cap; base material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (valve material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 13 3/4 in x 8 7/8 in; 41.91 cm x 34.925 cm x 22.5425 cm