Slicing Machine, circa 1950
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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
Place of Creation
United States, Indiana, La Porte
Creator Notes
Made by the U.S. Slicing Machine Company in La Porte, Indiana for Berkel.
Keywords
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