Slicing Machine, circa 1950

Summary

This meat slicer was used behind the meat-and-cheese counter at A. Rensch & Co., a family-owned specialty-import food store that opened in Toledo, Ohio, in 1882. Customers interested in exotic canned and bottled foods, hard-to-find teas and coffees, and all manner of imported meats and cheeses would have frequented a store like this.

This meat slicer was used behind the meat-and-cheese counter at A. Rensch & Co., a family-owned specialty-import food store that opened in Toledo, Ohio, in 1882. Customers interested in exotic canned and bottled foods, hard-to-find teas and coffees, and all manner of imported meats and cheeses would have frequented a store like this.

Artifact

Meat slicer

Date Made

circa 1950

Creators

U.S. Slicing Machine Company 

Berkel (Firm) 

Place of Creation

United States, Indiana, La Porte 

Creator Notes

Made by the U.S. Slicing Machine Company in La Porte, Indiana for Berkel.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2012.109.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Angela Rensch Ligibel.

Material

Metal
Composite material

Color

White (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 21 in

Width: 24 in

Length: 19 in

Inscriptions

emblem on side: U.S. BERKEL sticker: Kern Scale and Food Machines

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