General Information

Serial #

944360

Part Number

1

Total Parts

15

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION; MOST SURFACES HAVE ENAMELLED FINISH; SOME SYNTHETIC FITTINGS (KNOBS, ETC.) OVEN WALLS AND DOORS PROBABLY ASBESTOS LINED.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

98.0 cm

Width

72.0 cm

Height

130.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Okeefe Merritt

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Los Angeles

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF RANGE PROBABLY USED 1950S- 1960S+

Canada

PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF DOMESTIC AND LIGHTING APPLIANCES, AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS ACQUIRED FROM CONSUMERS' GAS CO. LTD.

Function

TO WARM AND/OR COOK FOOD AND BEVERAGES BY MEANS OF HEAT.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF FULL-FEATURE GAS RANGE POPULAR IN 1950S- EARLY 1960S. THIS MODEL INCLUDES A "VIEW DOWN" WINDOW FOR VIEWING ITEMS WITHIN THE OVEN COMPARTMENT (PRECEEDED VIEW THROUGH WINDOW IN OVEN DOOR); BUILT IN GRIDDLE ON COOKTOP; 'GRILLEVATOR' ADJUSTABLE GRILLING DEVICE; CLOCK & ELECTRICAL PLUG; AND LIGHTS IN BOTH OVEN, AND OVER COOK TOP. ALL WERE POPULAR 'IMPROVEMENTS' OFFERED BY MFRS, & ACCEPTED READILY BY CONSUMERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"O/ O'KEEFE & MERRITT/ M" appears on decorative plate on front of range, above cook top. Mfr's plate fixed to inside right side of range, under cook top, reads "MANUFACTURED BY/ O'Keefe & Merritt Co./ LOS ANGELES/ MODEL NO. 55-535-6/ SERIAL NO. 944360/ HOURLY B.T.U. INPUT/ OVEN 20000/ GRIDDLE 12000/ BROILER 16000/ GIANT BURNERS 12000/ FLUSH TO WALL/ THIS RANGE IS EQUIPPED FOR NAT. GAS/ -ELECTRICAL RATING-/ 120 VOLTS 10 AMPS./ 60 CYCLES " and bears blue star logo of American Gas Association. All range controls labelled. "CP/ TRADE MARK G.A.M.A." printed on left front of range. Gas igniter button marked "TURN TO 10 THEN SET/ PUSH BUTTON FOR GAS"; timer scale marked 0- 55. Please see digital photos of ‘Grillevator' instructions, and chart listing recommended cooking times and temperature settings for variety of food: hard copies are available in Supp. Info. file.

Missing

MISSING FRONT KICK PLATE From CA of 06/20/2001 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined

Finish

WHITE ENAMEL FINISH ON RANGE EXTERIOR; BLACK & GREY GRANITWARE LINING ON OVEN BODIES AND DOORS, DRAWERS, ETE. WHITE SYNTHETIC COVERED KNOBS, DIALS, HANDLES, ETC. SOME BRIGHT SILVER METAL TRIM.

Decoration

N/A