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- OBJECT TYPE
- Electric/Adjust temp
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0474.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 32
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Chrome plated steel housing. Aluminium sole plate. Synthetic and metal handle with synthetic temperature control lever. Fibre covered cord with rubber cord lift, and rubber and copper (?) plug.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.0 cm
- Width
- 19.0 cm
- Height
- 11.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Laundry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Bridgeport
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Part of the Ontario Hydro collection donated to the museum by in 1992. Ontario Hydro received in from Canadian General Electric of Barrie, Ontario and accessioned it in 1964. - Function
-
To press textiles. Temperature control provided greater efficiency when pressing different styles and weights of textiles. - Technical
-
Highlights advances in the efficiency and ease of ironing. Temperature control was an innovation in this domestic technology that dates to the late 1920s. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's marks on underside of housing read: 'CAT. NO. 13F33A. WATTS 1000. VOLTS 115. A.C. ONLY/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. BRIDGEPORT, CONN./ 32'. either side of handle base reads: 'GENERAL GE [logo] ELECTRIC'. Mfr's mark on plug prongs reads: 'GE [logo]'.
- Missing
- Temperature control dial. From CA of 04/07/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing part of temperature dial
- Finish
- Polished chrome finish on housing. Unfinished aluminium sole plate. Black synthetic handle, and temperature control lever. Polished metal handle base with red and white graphics. Black and white fibre cord covering. Black rubber cord lift. Black rubber plug with unfinished copper (?) prongs.
- Decoration
- Graph-like pattern of lines on metal portion of handle base.
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General Electric Co., Iron, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1992.0474, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0474.001/
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