HOSTESS Sandwich Toaster
date: label: date made
content: 1925-1935
notes: label: Description
content: Electric sandwich toaster or grill. Ceramic (heavy porcelain) body, rectangular-block form, faceted top, yellow and black. Two flat cast aluminum grill-tops connected at back with iron coil and side brackets, clamshell style. Bottom pan has small spout on left. Long wooden cylindrical handle at front, vertical, black, with hammer-like flat metal lever which allows the pans to be locked in three positions with the rear brackets. Flared legs with arched base. Metal underside. Two prongs to attach power cord at side, inside body, cord missing. Overall abrasions and residue, rust spots, discoloration. Underside is dented, sides have small cracks in porcelain. Yellow enamel on underside. Paint worn on wooden handle. Front has glazed cartouche, white with gold writing, old English, cursive, sans serif: “HOSTESS/Sandwich Toaster/VOLTS 110 WATTS 400/ALL RITE CO. – RUSHVILLE, IND.”
label: Description
content: The smaller version of this toaster was one of the first sandwich toasters to appear on the market, circa 1920-1922 (see 1992.0338.33 and .35).
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: 1992.0338.33
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0338.33
label: accession number
content: 1992.0338
objectType: label: Object Name
content: grill, sandwich
label: Other Terms
content: Grill; Electric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 11 3/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 12.3825 cm x 28.8925 cm x 19.685 cm