HOSTESS Sandwich Toaster
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1922
notes: label: Description
content: Electric sandwich toaster or grill. Cast aluminum body, rectangular-block form, faceted top. Two flat grill-tops connected at back with iron coil and side brackets, clamshell style. Two long wooden cylindrical handles at front, horizontal, black. One attached to top and one attached to bottom. Flared legs with arched base. Two prongs to attach power cord at side, inside body, cord missing. Overall abrasions and residue, handles are loose and worn, back coil is heavily rusted, underside and front screws are also rusted. Front has attached metal tag, cartouche-shape, embossed: “HOSTESS/Sandwich Toaster/VOLTS 110 WATTS 400/ALL RITE CO. – RUSHVILLE, IND.”
label: Description
content: This toaster was one of the first sandwich toasters to appear on the market, circa 1920-1922.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Rushville
topic: label: Subject
content: appliances
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: kitchen
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joyce Barth & Florence E. Scuderi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0338.35
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0338.35
label: accession number
content: 1992.0338
objectType: label: Object Name
content: grill, sandwich
label: Other Terms
content: Grill; Electric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 14.605 cm x 23.495 cm