General Information

Serial #

81/??

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Pressed steel casing. White metal sole plate. Synthetic handle and fabric selector. Soft rubber cord lift and cord. Synthetic plug and brass prongs.

Dimensions

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

Length

23.7 cm

Width

12.2 cm

Height

12.0 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

c. early 1960s.

Canada

type used in Canada. Used in Ottawa in the early 1960s.

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

Fabric selection dial reads: 'OFF….. SYN.RAY.WOOL.COT.LIN.' Decorative plate reads: 'GENERAL GE [logo] ELECTRIC' [appears twice on plate]. Info. below heel reads: 'CAT. NO. 17F34 WATTS 1100. VOLTS 120 A. C. ONLY/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. BRIDGEPORT. CONN./ UL [logo within a circle] MADE IN U.S.A. S1'. Info. printed on electrical cord reads: 'CORDS-18 TYPE HPN HEATER CORD 300 VOLTS – BY ROYAL'.

Missing

From CA of 04/21/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

Black handle. Square pattern on decorative name/mfr. plate. Red General Electric logo appears twice on said plate.

Decoration

N/A