Ironer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/ADJUST TEMP
- DATE
- 1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0208.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GAINADAY WASHERS
- MODEL
- GAINADAY 300
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 7722
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL (INCLUDING IRON); FABRIC PAD & COVER ON SLEEVE ROLL; RUNBBER WHEELS..2-.3 METAL.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 75.0 cm
- Width
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 92.0 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
- GAINADAY
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS IRONER BELIEVED USED C. 1940S- 1980S.
- Canada
-
THIS IRONER WAS MADE IN CANADA BY GAINADAY WASHERS [COMPANY], TORONTO, AND USED BY THE DONOR. - Function
-
TO REMOVE WRINKLES AND/OR PRESS IN CREASES ON FABRIC, BY APPLICATION OF HEAT. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF POPULAR IRONER, USED IN HOUSEHOLDS C. 1940S-1950S. THIS MODEL HAS A TEMPERATURE CONTROL, ANDEXCLUSIVE PATENTED SLEEVE ROLL FOR PRESSING OF ITEMS SUCH AS PUFFED SLEEVES, RUFFLED CURTAINS, ETC. THE IRONER FOLDED UP FOR STORAGE; COULD BE MOVED & SET UP WHERE DESIRED; AND ALLOWED OPERATOR TO SIT WHILE IRONING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 Mfr's plate fixed below main body of ironer reads "MODEL NO. 300/ SERIAL/ NO. 7722/ VOLTS/ 110/ CYCLES/ 60/ WATTS/ 220/ CSA APPROVAL NO. 719/ GAINADAY WASHERS/ 888 DUPONT ST., TORONTO". Decal on main body, below sleeve roll mount, reads "MANUFACTURED UNDER/ CANADIAN LETTERS PATENT/ PATENTED 1944-1945/ RD- 1941- RENEWED 19[illegible]". Round plate, below, reads "CAUTION/ FOR USE ONLY ON WALL/ OR BASE RECEPTACLE/ DO NOT USE THIS MACHINE/ IN ANY DAMP LOCATION/ OR NEAR WATER PIPES/ OR OTHER GROUNDED METAL". "RELEASE" incised on shoe tilt latch. Temperature control dial labelled..2 "15094/ Kipp/ 1" cast in raised print on underside. .3 "15095/ KIPP/ 2" cast in raised print on underside.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- .1-.3 CREAM-COLOUR ENAMEL FINISH (BADLY WORN IN MANY AREAS)..1 HAS BLACK TRIM & CORD.
- Decoration
- N/A
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GAINADAY WASHERS, Ironer, circa 1949, Artifact no. 2001.0208, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/2001.0208.001/
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