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- Landers, Frary & Clark Electric Toaster, 1915-1920 -
- 1915-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Landers, Frary & Clark Electric Toaster, 1915-1920
- Toaster, 1800-1850 -
- 1800-1850
- Collections - Artifact
Toaster, 1800-1850
- Junior Electric Toaster, 1938-1946 -
- 1938-1946
- Collections - Artifact
Junior Electric Toaster, 1938-1946
- Pacific Electric Heating Co. El Tosto Electric Toaster, 1910-1911 - The "El Tosto" is a simple "percher" type toaster. Bread was leaned on the wire ledge next to the heating element, and was manually turned to toast the flipside. Its pierced metal top allowed toast to rest on top, to keep it warm. This company also made the El Perco coffeemaker, El Eggo egg cooker, and several other "El"-prefixed devices.
- 1910-1911
- Collections - Artifact
Pacific Electric Heating Co. El Tosto Electric Toaster, 1910-1911
The "El Tosto" is a simple "percher" type toaster. Bread was leaned on the wire ledge next to the heating element, and was manually turned to toast the flipside. Its pierced metal top allowed toast to rest on top, to keep it warm. This company also made the El Perco coffeemaker, El Eggo egg cooker, and several other "El"-prefixed devices.
- Sunbeam Model T20 Electric Toaster, 1949-1950 -
- 1949-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Sunbeam Model T20 Electric Toaster, 1949-1950
- Everyday Electric Co. Electric Toaster, circa 1930 -
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Everyday Electric Co. Electric Toaster, circa 1930
- Sunbeam Model T9 Electric Toaster, circa 1939 - The Sunbeam T9 toaster's curved form and smooth surface reflect the Streamline Moderne aesthetic, an aspect of Art Deco design that emerged during the 1930s. Often called the "World's Fair Toaster," it was produced the same year as the 1939 New York World's Fair and has incised decoration reflecting the modernistic Trylon and Perisphere structures that formed the fair's futuristic "Theme Center."
- circa 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Sunbeam Model T9 Electric Toaster, circa 1939
The Sunbeam T9 toaster's curved form and smooth surface reflect the Streamline Moderne aesthetic, an aspect of Art Deco design that emerged during the 1930s. Often called the "World's Fair Toaster," it was produced the same year as the 1939 New York World's Fair and has incised decoration reflecting the modernistic Trylon and Perisphere structures that formed the fair's futuristic "Theme Center."
- Series 680 Electric Toaster, 1930-1940 -
- 1930-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Series 680 Electric Toaster, 1930-1940
- Toast-O-Lator Electric Toaster by Crocker Wheeler Co., 1939 - This Toast-O-Lator toaster brought the assembly line to the breakfast table. Homemakers inserted bread into the vertical entry slot. Saw-toothed mechanical strips pushed the bread past heating elements and out the other end. This 1938 model is a key example of wild experimentation in toaster design, and was developed in age where new technologies were romanticized within the home.
- 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Toast-O-Lator Electric Toaster by Crocker Wheeler Co., 1939
This Toast-O-Lator toaster brought the assembly line to the breakfast table. Homemakers inserted bread into the vertical entry slot. Saw-toothed mechanical strips pushed the bread past heating elements and out the other end. This 1938 model is a key example of wild experimentation in toaster design, and was developed in age where new technologies were romanticized within the home.
- Proctor Automatic Pop-Up Toaster by the Proctor Electric Company, 1948 - 1949 - 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.
- 1948-1949
- Collections - Artifact
Proctor Automatic Pop-Up Toaster by the Proctor Electric Company, 1948 - 1949
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.