Proctor Automatic Pop-Up Toaster by the Proctor Electric Company, 1948 - 1949
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Artifact Overview
Designers during the 1930s applied popular streamlined shapes to everything from high-end cars to ordinary toasters. Rounded and sleek, this electric toaster became an object of desire in the 1940s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Electric toaster
Date Made
1948-1949
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
By the Proctor Electric Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2008.120.300
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Chromium
Aluminum
Acrylic (Plastic)
Wire
Technique
Plating (Metal coating)
Dimensions
Width: 5.5 in
Length: 11 in
Inscriptions
Top: ONE SLICE
Knob on side: LIGHT MED DARK / Color / Control
Bottom:
PROCTOR TOASTER / Automatic Pop Up / with Color Guard / PROCTOR ELECTRIC COMPANY / PHILADELPHIA 40 PENNA. U.S.A. / MODEL 1481 / PATENTS 2,179,422; 2,301,070 / 2,339,183 ALSO SEE CARTON / FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT ONLY / 110-120 VOLTS - 1000 WATTS
On handles: PROCTOR
On handle to bottom tray: Crumb Tray
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