Iron
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Electric/Adjust temp/Steam-dry
- DATE
- 1990
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2008.0106.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Inc.
- MODEL
- Ultra-Steam Plus Iron Blast of Steam 18329
- LOCATION
- Washington, North Carolina, 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
- It's body is a white synthetic (plastic), resin black cord and button (rubber), metal soleplate, clear synthetic (plastic) water gauge, green synthetic steam buttons, synthetic red light on/off indicator and a synthetic label for steam setting and metal hardware.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.5 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 26.5 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
- Hamilton Beach
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- North Carolina
- City
- Washington
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1990
- Canada
-
Purchased in Canada. A wedding gift to Helen Graves and Peter Smith (1990). Since they recieved more than one iron, this one was actually never used, but kept as a possible replacement in case the other iron broke. - Function
-
To iron clothes. - Technical
-
Incorporated all features desired in a 1990's iron: extra steam, spray, self-cleaning, nonstick soleplate, magnified water window, extra large soleplate, top-mounted conrols (in green). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's stamp side and base of iron: "Proctor-Silex®/SPRAY/BLAST OF STEAM/Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex/MADE IN MEXICO/MODEL 18329 TYPE 124 SERIES B0759/CUSTOMER SERVICE 1-800-851-8900/® [Ul logo]/PAT. NO.294,991 LISTED 514B/60 [illegible letter]Z/120V/1100W." Mfr's stamp handle:"OFF/1 2 3 4 5 6 STEAM RANGE/fABRIC GUIDE/ 1 DELICATES/Acetate/2 LIGHT Silk, Acrylic/Nylon, Rayon/3 EASY CARE/ Polyester/Cotton Blends/Permanent Press/Wash N' Wear/4 WOOL/Woolblends/5 COTTON/Ramie/6 LINEN/ Flax."
- Missing
- Nothing missing.
- Finish
- It's body is a synthetic (plastic), resin black cord and button (rubber), metal soleplate, clear synthetic (plastic) water gauge, green synthetic buttons, synthetic red light on/off indicator and a synthetic label for steam setting and metal hardware.
- Decoration
- None.
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Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Inc., Iron, circa 1990, Artifact no. 2008.0106, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/2008.0106.001/
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