"BETSY ROSS E-Z-WAY" Travel Iron
date: label: date made
content: 20th century
label: date made
content: ca 1920
label: date made
content: ca 1920 - 1925
notes: label: Description
content: Wood-handled, double-pointed, electric travel iron stored in a black oval case with two snap closures on front that open to reveal a padded interior lined with orange satin weave silk. Black woven cloth-covered twisted cord has spiral spring at body and two-prong circular plug. Case has rounded wood top and bottom; an embossed plain weave cloth covers its sides. Blue tag with product name and maker affixed to top of iron. No marks on case. Both prongs on plug marked "METROPOLITAN".
label: Description
content: Maker is Central Flatiron Mfg. Co. of Johnson City, NY; company started in 1909, appears to have made only gas irons until the late 1910s or early 1920s. Produced a "Betsy Ross" line of appliances (various models of irons and stoves). Plug possibly made by Metropolitan Electric Mfg. Co. of Long Island City, NY, or Metropolitan Device Corp. of Brooklyn, NY; both in business in the 1910 and 1920s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Johnson City
label: place used
content: United States: New Mexico, Albuquerque
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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 Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Elmore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.67.0374
label: catalog number
content: 67.0374
label: accession number
content: 263810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron, travel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel plate (iron, handle sides material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle grip, case top and bottom material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (handle grip, case top and bottom material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (cloth wrapping on wire material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (plug material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (plug prongs material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel wire (cord spring material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (case lining material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-iron: 3 in x 2 1/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 7.62 cm x 5.3975 cm x 12.3825 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall-case: 5 in x 5 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 12.7 cm x 14.2875 cm x 7.3025 cm