Presto Model A409A Pressure Cooker, circa 1968
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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 1968
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
90.438.15
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mel Boldt and Associates.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Porcelain enamel
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Color
Yellow green
Black (Color)
Brown
Orange (Color)
Green
Dimensions
Length: 16 in
Height: 7 in
Width: 9.5 in
Inscriptions
on handle:
PRESTO / NATIONAL PRESTO IND. INC. / EAU CLAIRE, WIS., U.S.A. / FOOD MINUTES / BEEF STEW 12 / CARROTS 3 /CHICKEN 15 / CUSTARD 3 / PORK CHOPS 12 / POT ROAST 35 / POTATO SOUP 5 / POTATOES 10 / SPARE RIBS 15 / SWISS STEAK 15 / 4 QT. - 3.785 LITERS MODEL A409A
on bottom:
PRESTO / PRESSURE / COOKER / MOD. A409A 0269 / NATIONAL PRESTO IND. INC. / EAU CLAIRE WIS., U.S.A. / U.S.S PATS. 2,218,188 - 2,297,378 / 2,627,997 AND FOREIGN PATENTS
front and back of box:
STOCK NO. PCP4 / PRESTO / PORCELAIN FINISH / Pressure Cooker / 4 QT. SIZE (AVOCADO)
ends of box:
STOCK NO. PCP4 / PRESTO / PORCELAIN FINISH / Pressure Cooker / (AVOCADO) / 4 QT. SIZE / NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC., EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN 54701
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