Presto WeeCookerie Pressure Pan, circa 1979
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Artifact Overview
The National Pressure Cooker Company introduced the first saucepan-style pressure cooker under the brand name "Presto" in 1939. Fueled by its popularity, the company -- eventually renamed National Presto Industries -- expanded and diversified while continuing to produce an ever-improving line of pressure cookers. In the 1960s and 1970s, distinctive styling by Mel Boldt and Associates helped set Presto pressure cookers apart from the competition.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Pressure cooker
Date Made
circa 1979
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Designed by Mel Boldt and Associates and made by National Presto Industries, Inc.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
90.438.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mel Boldt and Associates.
Material
Metal
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Width: 12 in
Height: 6.5 in
Inscriptions
on box:
PRESTO / WeeCookerie / WHOLE MEAL MAKER / Complete meal, easy as one, two, three / [...]
on side of box:
PRESTO/ WeeCookerie / WHOLE MEAL MAKER / PRESSURE PAN / The closest thing to having a cook. A whole new idea in speed and convenience. / [...] / (c) 1977 by NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 54701
on lid:
PRESTO / WEECOOKERIE / WHOLE MEAL MAKER / PRESSURE PAN / NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC. / PATENTS PENDING
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