Canner, cold pack
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/DOMESTIC
- DATE
- 1924
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0070.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SUPER HEALTH ALUMINUM CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 ALUMINUM POT HAS CAST-IRON FEET; BAKELITE HANDLES; CERAMIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL HOUSING & LINER FOR HEATING COILS; RUBBER-COVERED ELECTRICAL CORD..2 ALUMINUM POT LINER..3 METAL WIRE BASKET..4 ALUMINUM LID HAS BAKELITE KNOB; GLASS WINDOW OVER GAUGE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.0 cm
- Width
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 34.0 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
- SUPER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS CANNER USED C. 1925- EARLY 1950S.
- Canada
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THISTYPE OF CANNER WAS USED IN CANADIAN HOUSEHOLDS C. 1925-1950S, PROBABLY IN MIDDLE-CLASS OR URBAN HOMES. THIS CANNER WAS USED BY THE DONOR'S GREAT AUNT MRS. ALVINA PAPKE (NEE BIEHLER) AT HER HOME IN EASTVIEW, ON TO CAN FRUIT & VEGETABLES FOR WINTER CONSUMPTION. THIS AREA WAS ALSO HOME TO MANY MARKET GARDNERS. (REF. 1) - Function
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TO THOROUGHLY STERILIZE JARS & CONTENTS DURING COLD-PACK PRESERVING PROCESS. MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN USED TO STERILIZE JARS, SEALERS AND OTHER CANNING UTENSILS PRIOR TO USE. - Technical
-
ELECTRIC COLD PACK (OR WATER BATH) CANNER, USED TO PRESERVE FRUITS & VEGETABLES BY COLD PACK (OR RAW PACK) METHOD. RAW OR PARTLY COOKED FOOD WERE PACKED INTO A STERILE JAR, COVERED WITH WATER OR JUICE, AND SEALED. BOTH THE JAR AND ITS CONTENTS WERE THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY HEATED. THIS PROCESS WAS ONE OF THE SIMPLEST, METHODS OF HOME CANNING, PRODUCING A MORE NATURAL FLAVOUR, COLOUR AND TEXTURE, AND SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY PRESERVING FOOD FOR LATER CONSUMPTION. [REF.2] - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 Plate fixed to underside of pot reads "SUPER HEALTH ALUMINUM CO., LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONTARIO/ WATTS 1000 VOLTS 110 H.E.P.C./ App. No. 4453/ CAUTION: USE ONLY WITH WALL/ OR BASE RECEPTACLE." "6-8" incised above. Temperature control labelled; "12A. 125 V./ 6 A. 250 V./ A-H&H" incised on casing. "HUBBELL" appears on electrical plug cover."MADE IN/ CANADA" cast in raised print on ceramic coil liner, inside pot..2 "SUPER-HEALTH/ TORONTO/ MADE IN CANADA/ ALUMINUM" incised in underside..3 No markings visible..4 "SUPER-HEATH" cast in raised print on knob. "NATURAL FOOD VALUES RETAINED/ SUPER HEALTH/ TORONTO/ MODERN HEALTH COOKWARE/ PAT. JUNE 17, 1924/ COOPER" & Scale 100-500 printed on gauge inset in lid.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- SILVER METAL POT, LINER & LID; BLACK MOULDED HANDLESL BLACK CAST-IRON FEET ON.1 POT. RED-BROWN RUBBER COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CORD.
- Decoration
- N/A
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SUPER HEALTH ALUMINUM CO. LTD., Canner, cold pack, after 1924, Artifact no. 2000.0070, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0070.001/
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