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- OBJECT TYPE
- Electric/Adjust temp
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0459.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Singer Sewing Machine Co.
- MODEL
- Automatic-B
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Chrome plated pressed steel housing and cast iron sole plate. Chrome plated metal handle, heel stand, and plug guard. Metal (?) temperature control knob. Wood and cork hand grip.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.0 cm
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 14.5 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
- Singer
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Part of the Ontario Hydro collection donated to the Museum in 1992. - 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 plate on heel reads: 'No. 876221/ SINGER/ SEWING MACHINE COMPANY/ AUTOMATIC-B SINGER SEWING MACHINES [logo] MADE IN U.S.A./ 660W. 110/120 V. FOR A.C. ONLY/ PAT 1481021 1634379 1999107'. Raised letters on temperature control dial on top of iron read: 'OFF ART-SILK SILK WOOL COTTON LINEN'. Incised letters on temperature control dial read: 'PATENT NOS. -1481021-1634379-1999107-AND PENDING-'. '67' written on cork hand grip.
- Missing
- From CA of 04/05/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- Polished chrome finish on housing, sole plate, handle, heel stand, and plug guard. Metal temperature control dial painted black. Wooden outer edges of hand grip painted black, cork centre varnished? Unfinished metal mfr's plate with black background and red & silver graphics.
- Decoration
- Mfr's logo on heel consists of oval with red 'S' containing name of mfr.
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Singer Sewing Machine Co., Iron, after 1917, Artifact no. 1992.0459, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.0459.001/
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