Krispy Automatic Ring-King Junior Doughnut Machine
name: label: maker
content: Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: The Krispy Automatic Ring-King Junior was introduced by the Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation of Winston-Salem, N.C., in the 1950s. It was designed for making the company's signature product—hot glazed doughnuts—in small retail operations around the United States and abroad. The Ring-King Junior could produce about 60 dozen doughnuts an hour, and was used until the late 1960s.
label: Description
content: This doughnut machine was part of a collection of artifacts and archival materials donated to the Museum in 1997 on the 60th anniversary of the Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation. The collection documents the history of an American business enterprise and also provides a view into food technology, marketing, and southern regional food traditions.
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0179.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0179
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0179.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: doughnut machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 in x 38 in x 31 in; 147.32 cm x 96.52 cm x 78.74 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 in x 43 in x 72 in; 127 cm x 109.22 cm x 182.88 cm