Presto Continuous Clean Broiler Oven Plus, circa 1980
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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 -- later renamed National Presto Industries -- expanded and diversified, ultimately producing a wide range of electric home appliances. In the 1960s and 1970s, distinctive styling by Mel Boldt and Associates helped set Presto products apart from the competition.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Broiler
Date Made
circa 1980
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
92.46.20
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mel Boldt and Associates.
Material
Metal
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Styrofoam (TM)
Color
Brown
Silver (Color)
Black (Color)
White (Color)
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 in
Width: 22 in
Length: 13.5 in
Inscriptions
on front:
PRESTO + Broiler/Oven + PLUS / BROILS + BAKES + SLOW COOKS / continuous clean
on bottom:
317931 / MODEL 0341001 / UL LISTED 3406 / WATTS - 1200 BAKE, 1000 BROIL / 120 VOLTS - 60 HZ / NATIONAL PRESTO IND., INC. / EAU CLAIRE, WI 54701
on front and back of box:
PRESTO / CONTINUOUS CLEAN / BROILER/OVEN PLUS / UL LISTED
on sides of box:
PRESTO / STOCK NO. 03410 / (BOC1) / UL LISTED / Broils with Door Closed . No Spl[?] / Bakes with Accurate Thermostat [?] / . Slow cooks with One Control Set[?] / movable, Full-View Tempered Glass [?] / Position Rack / Rotary Temperatu[?] / (c)1979 by National Presto Industries, Inc. / Eau Claire, WI 54701 / CONTINUOUS CLEAN / BROILER / OVEN PLUS
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