Kenmore "Elevator" Toaster
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content: This Kenmore brand “Elevator” model toaster was manufactured by the Sears & Roebuck Company during the 1960s. The toaster is a chrome-plated, electric two-slice toaster with a heat-control lever and spring pop-up mechanism inside. Electric toasters had been in the home since the early 20th century, but post-World War II prosperity and a general movement towards electrified appliances to reduce housework saw a major increase in consumer spending and sales of household appliances.
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Hoover Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0835.11
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0835.11
label: accession number
content: 1991.0835
label: catalog number
content: 1991.835.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toaster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/16 in x 8 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in; 18.25625 cm x 20.955 cm x 36.195 cm