Toaster & hot plate
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1930–1957
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0848.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Calkins Appliance of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- BREAKFASTER T2
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM BODY; BAKELITEBASE & HANDLES; CAST IRON HOTPLATE; FABRIC COVERED CORD; BAKELITE & METAL PLUG. PORCELAIN FITTINGS INSIDE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.0 cm
- Width
- 29.0 cm
- Height
- 12.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food service
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Calkins
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF TOASTER USED C.1930S-1950S, AND POSSIBLY LATER
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED IN CANADA BY CALKINS APPLIANCE OF CANADA LTD., TORONTO. IDENTICAL MODEL MFD. IN US BY CALKINS APPLIANCE CO., NILES, MI. - Function
-
TO TOAST BAKED GOODS AND/OR KEEP WARM SMALL POT, DISH, TRAY, ETC. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE COMBINING 2 FUNCTIONS, TOASTER & HOTPLATE, IN ORDER TO ATTRACT BUYERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'BREAKFASTER' APPEARS ON FRONT DOOR HANDLE/ 'CALKINS APPLIANCE OF CANADA LTD./ TORONTO-CANADA/ MODEL T2/ VOLTS 120 WATTS 750/ C.S.A. APPROVAL NO 7771/ CAUTION: FOR USE WITH WALL/ OR BASE RECEPTACLE' STAMPED INTO UNDERSIDE OF TOASTER
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- BRUSHED ALUMINUM SIDES & TOP PANEL; DOOR, BACK PANEL & BASE OF SHINY, SILVER METAL. BLACK BAKELITE FITTINGS; BLACK FABRIC COVERING ON CORD HAS RED INTERWOVEN PATTERN.
- Decoration
- ART DECO STYLING, WITH LOUVERED SIDES, ROUNDED CORNERS, ETC.
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Calkins Appliance of Canada Ltd., Toaster & hot plate, circa 1930–1957, Artifact no. 1995.0848, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0848.001/
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