"Tru-Heat" Iron
date: label: date made
content: 1946 - 1954
name: label: maker
content: General Mills
notes: label: Description
content: Electric dry iron; model GM 1B/115 volts/1100 watts. Red fabric selector temperature dial at front of handle has heat settings from low to high (275-550 degrees) for Rayon, Cotton, Wool and Linen. Pointed at both ends with slanted soleplate having a button saver tip and tapered heel; safety side rests. Black-and-white, spiral patterned, woven cloth-covered cord has spiral spring at body and two-prong flattened oval plug. Maker name on handle front; maker name and product specifications stamped on handle underside.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
topic: label: Subject
content: appliances
label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: electricity
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3006.1
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3006
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3006.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wire (spring material)
label: Physical Description
content: chrome plate (body material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (handle, dial, plug material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (cord material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 10 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 27.6225 cm x 10.4775 cm