U.S.A. Pan
date: label: Date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: Nordic Ware
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Nordic Ware, a family-owned manufacturing firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was founded in 1946 by brothers Dave and Mark Dalquist, as “Plastics for Industry.” In 1950, the brothers bought Northland Aluminum Products, a small firm with a line of “Nordic Ware” products including griddles and steak platters. The same year, Dave Dalquist created a cast aluminum, fluted cake pan and trademarked it as the “Bundt” pan. The company continued to grow its product line to include specialty baking and cookware items, including the microwave turntable. Nordic Ware is notable due to its history of product innovation through engineering, and its continued production of cookware in the United States.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Nordic Ware manufactured this cake pan in 1976 to commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States. The designers failed to account for the fact that when the cake was removed from the pan, it would appear as a backwards U.S.A. The pan was then marketed as a serving dish before being discontinued.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Food
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content: Food Technology
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content: Nordic Ware cookware
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Nordic Ware thru H. David Dalquist, President & CEO
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0034.25
label: accession number
content: 2007.0034
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0034.25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pan
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum, cast (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 7 in; 4.445 cm x 29.5275 cm x 17.78 cm