Model T-211 Electric Toaster
date: label: date made
content: 1909-1917
name: label: maker
content: Simplex Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: Side-loading electric toaster (A) with power cord (B). Rectangular body, with doors of sheet metal (nickel-plated steel) on either side, attached porcelain knob handle on the top of each door. Door pulls open and closes to hold toast in place, against metal wires which are heated by two interior white ceramic heating elements. Handle at top, two straps of metal with turned wooden grip in center, black. Base is cast iron, painted black. Power cord attaches on side. Bottom of base is stamped: "SIMPLEX SHCo. QUALITY/211 V 110 4.5/S 377673".
label: Description
content: Power cord (B) is black, white, and gray fabric, molded bakelite, metal coil near plug. Plug is debossed: "RODALE/5A.250V.10A.125V."
label: Description
content: Model T-211.
label: Description
content: Patent US 951765 A, March 8, 1910, James I. Ayer, assignor to Simplex Electric Heating Company, Boston, Massachusetts, for "Electric toaster"
label: Description
content: Maker is Simplex Electric Heating Company, Boston, Massachusetts (circa 1895-1917, when Edison Electric Appliance Company purchased it. The name was carried on for a short period of time after the purchase).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen-Marie Fruth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0176.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0176.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0176
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toaster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (cord material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (cord material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 4 5/8 in; 22.225 cm x 20.955 cm x 11.7475 cm